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SDOH initiative reduces readmission penalties in one year
McLaren Port Huron hospital reduced its Medicare penalty percentage for 30-day readmissions from 2.34% in FY18 to 1.85% as of April 2019. In fact, the hospital’s overall all-payer readmission rate is trending [...]
Wellopp aims to address social factors that lead people back to the hospital
Crain’s Detroit featured Wellopp in a wide-ranging story about social determinants of health (SDOH) and how the company is using its unique platform to help people solve problems that create barriers to [...]
Healthcare Business & Technology Case Study: Reducing readmission rates via interactive patient screenings
Like all hospitals, McLaren Port Huron in Michigan is constantly searching for ways to reduce our readmission rates. No small task, considering that one of every six discharged patients in the United [...]
Clinics, Hospitals Fine-Tune Social Determinant Screenings, Resource Connections
By David Raths at Healthcare Innovation Provider organizations ranging from free clinics to rural hospitals are experimenting with tools and services that help them connect patients with community services such as housing, [...]
Wellopp Launches Community Services Referral Team to Enhance its Social Determinants of Health Solution
Toledo, Ohio, June 13, 2019 – Wellopp, a patient engagement technology company focused on impacting social determinants of health to improve patient outcomes, recently announced the launch of its new community referral [...]