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		What is INTERACT? INTERACT (Interventions to Reduce Acute Care Transfers) is a quality improvement program that focuses on the management of acute change in resident condition. It includes clinical and educational tools and strategies for use in every day practice in long-term care facilities.   INTERACT Curriculum   Interact Curriculum Participation         Click here to login if you already have an username Learn more about INTERACT INTERACT II Tools Educational Resources for INTERACT   What is the purpose of the INTERACT?    Announcements INTERACT is a quality improvement program designed to improve the early identification, assessment, documentation, and communication about changes in the status of residents in skilled nursing facilities. The goal of INTERACT is to improve care and reduce the frequency of potentially avoidable transfers to the acute hospital. Such transfers can result in numerous complications of hospitalization, and billions of dollars in unnecessary health care expenditures.   The first INTERACT "Train-the-Trainer" Institute.  5/17/2012   New: Brief Implementation Guide (See Educational Resources) [Coming soon]  5/17/2012   New: Measurement of Hospitalization Rates (See Tools Quality Improvement)  5/17/2012   INTERACT Curriculum Participation  5/17/2012   CMS announces Cooperative Agreements to Reduce Avoidable Hospitalizations among Nursing Facility Residents.  4/9/2012   Long Term Quality Alliance releases White Paper on Potentially Preventable Hospitalizations  4/9/2012              Publications Related to INTERACT   Measurement of Potentially Preventable Hospitalizations, Long Term Quality Alliance, 2012 Reducing Unnecessary Hospitalizations - N Engl J Med 2011 INTERACT Evaluation - J Amer Geriatr Soc 2011 INTERACT and the EMR Ann LTC 2011 Avoidable Hospitalizations - J Amer Geriatr Soc 2010 Avoidable Hospitalizations Editorial - J Amer Geriatr Soc 2010 INTERACT Pilot Study - J Amer Med Dir Assn 2009 INTERACT Editorial - J Amer Med Dir Assn 2009   Did you know... One in 4 Medicare patients admitted to skilled nursing facilities from hospitals is readmitted to the hospital within 30 days? Up to 2/3 of hospital transfers are rated as potentially avoidable by expert long-term care health professionals? Medicare is planning financial incentives to reduce potentially avoidable hospital transfers through pay-for-performance, bundled payments, and other strategies? INTERACT can help you improve care and prepare for these changes in Medicare reimbursement?   Acknowledgment The INTERACT Program and Tools were initially developed by Joseph G. Ouslander, MD and Mary Perloe, MS, GNP at the Georgia Medical Care Foundation with the support of a contract from the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services. The current version of the INTERACT Program, including the INTERACT II Tools, educational materials, and implementation strategies were developed by Drs. Ouslander, Gerri Lamb, Alice Bonner, and Ruth Tappen, and Ms. Laurie Herndon with input from many direct care providers and national experts in a project based at Florida Atlantic University supported by The Commonwealth Fund. The Commonwealth Fund is a private foundation supporting independent research on health policy reform and a high performance health system. Some materials herein are © Florida Atlantic University 2011. Such materials and the trademark INTERACTTM may be used with the permission of Florida Atlantic University.   Web Design by computingdev   Pictures courtesy of Dan Osterweil, MD, CMD and Mass Senior Care Last updated 02/07/2011
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