NYU LANGONE DISCHARGING TO HOME…WITH NO INCREASE IN READMISSIONS (Orthopedics This Week)
NYU Langone Reduces Referrals to Rehab Facilities, Decreases Costs
They dreamt: “Just what would the ideal patient experience look like?” And then they got down to work. The team at NYU Langone Medical Center set out to create a long-term care plan for their hip and knee replacement patients…one that would drive down postop referrals to acute care facilities. Joseph Zuckerman, M.D., the Walter A.L. Thompson Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery and chair of the department of orthopaedic surgery at NYU Langone,...
