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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BOOST Fact Sheet

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

• National Cohort: Now Accepting Applications! Deadline June 2013.

Current BOOST Sites

View the February 2013 recorded BOOST 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
• BOOST Testimonials
• Why the BOOST Mentoring Program is Different

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

Learn more how the BOOST Mentor Program is different!

• 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