Multidisciplinary Teach Back Intervention

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More than 25 percent of patients with heart failure are readmitted to the hospital within 30 days of discharge and half are readmitted within 180 days. Readmission is costly to the patient and family, institutions, and Medicare. The 6.6 billion people in the United States already diagnosed costs Medicare more than $39 billion each year. This paper reports statistical data, readmission rates, literature summary, and compares the typical bedside education with the emerging multidisciplinary teach back approach that has been shown to reduce readmissions dramatically. Includes Research Matrix. 1 Appendix is part of the page count as is the abstract. There are six sources used in this eight page paper.