A National initiative led by the Society of Hospital Medicine to improve the care of patients as they transition from hospital to home.

BOOST OBJECTIVES:

• Identify high-risk patients on admission and target risk-specific interventions
• Reduce 30 day readmission rates for general medicine patients
• Reduce length of stay
• Improve facility patient satisfaction and H-CAHPS scores
• Improve information flow between inpatient and outpatient providers

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Learn How BOOST Reduces Readmission Rates

Read Preliminary Results from Pilot Sites

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Get a year of expert mentoring and peer support to implement BOOST at your institution. Apply for current BOOST Cohorts:

• National Cohort: September 1, 2012 deadline
• California Cohort: Deadline 2012 Extended

Current BOOST Sites
On-Demand Informational Webinar

BOOST provides a wealth of materials and tools to help you optimize the discharge process at your institution.

• View BOOST Resource Room
• View BOOST tools
• Download the BOOST Toolkit
• Order Print-Based BOOST Guide
• Order Teach Back DVD & Curriculum
• BOOST ROI Calculator

SHM has developed products and tools to enhance quality improvement and safety at your institution.

• eQUIPS: Electronic Quality Improvement Programs.
• Quality Improvement Skills HM11 Pre-Course
• QI Resource Rooms

Read what others have experienced with Project BOOST.

• BOOST Case Studies & Kaiser Permanente Award
• Advisory Board Testimonials

Get the latest news and releases about SHM's Project BOOST. Learn the facts on how this revolutionary program is making a difference in hospitals.

• BOOST In the Media

Janet Nagamine, RN, MD, SFHM on SHM's Project BOOST

• Changes in Readmission Incentives & Accountability. What does it mean for me?
• BOOSTing the Discharge Transition
• Implementing Teach Back as a System-Wide Patient Communication Strategy