Dr. Eric A. Coleman featured in WSJ article on avoiding rehospitalization

Avery Forman of the Wall Street Journal reports how to "Avoid New Hospital Stay" in an article published March 18, 2012. The report features an interview with long-time JAHF grantee, Eric A. Coleman, MD, of the university of Colorado, director of The Care Transitions Program.

Avery Forman of the Wall Street Journal reports how to "Avoid New Hospital Stay" in an article published March 18, 2012. The report features an interview with long-time JAHF grantee, Eric A. Coleman, MD, of the university of Colorado, director of The Care Transitions Program.

In the Wall Street Jounal's Personal Finance section Forman reports how returns to the hospital following an earlier hospitalization are expensive in co-pays and deductables (and other costs), but in many cases avoidable. The article reviews three of Dr. Coleman's "Four Pillars" of a successful transition: follow-up connection to primary care, medication management, and knowing red flag/warning signs and how to respond.