Telemedicine: 86% Reduction in 30-Day All-Cause Readmissions at 100-Bed Skilled Nursing Facility
Abbey Woods Center for Rehabilitation and Healing, a 100-bed skilled nursing facility in St. Joseph, Missouri, faced a common nursing home challenge: on-call coverage after-hours, and no doctor in the building. This standard SNF practice relies on phone consults to address concerns, which results in far too many vulnerable SNF residents going back to the hospital in the middle of the night.