The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT this week announced the winners of its latest innovation challenge, "Ensuring Safe Transitions from Hospital to Home," part of the office's Investing in Innovation (i2) program.
National Coordinator for Health IT Dr. Farzad Mostashari announced the winning teams Wednesday at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' QualityNet Conference, in Baltimore. The challenge, issued in September, focused on the continuum of care from hospitals to next-stage setting--homes, nursing homes and hospices--and innovative ways of reducing the 20 percent rate of hospital readmissions.
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