In an effort to reduce early hospital readmissions, Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) implemented a transitional care coordinator (TCC) to provide careful coordinated follow up care for stroke patients after hospital discharge. The aim of this study is to compare all cause thirty- day readmission rates of adult patients with a primary diagnosis of stroke before and after the implementation of a stroke services TCC. All adult patients admitted to VUMC with a primary diagnosis of stroke; ischemic, hemorrhagic, and TIA; and readmitted within the first thirty days following hospital discharge between January-June of 2015, 2016, 2017, & 2018 were analyzed. Readmission data from 2015 & 2016, prior to the implementation of the TCC was compared to readmission data from 2017 & 2018, after the TCC was implemented. A total of 1911 charts were reviewed for the timeframe January-June of 2015-2018. In 2015 there were 369 stroke admissions and 120 (33%) were readmitted and in 2016 there were 474 stroke admissions and 112 (24%) readmissions, before the TCC role was implemented. In 2017 there were 540 stroke admissions and 62 (11%) were readmitted and in 2018 there were 528 stroke admissions and 74 (14%) readmissions, after the TCC role was implemented. Hospital readmissions were reduced significantly after implementing a TCC.
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