RHC: Pittsburgh Mercy Health System - Pittsburgh, PA

Contact: Joann Fisher Gago
Telephone: (412)370-7612

Implementation
Began disease-specific specialty nursing program, demonstrating positive impact on chronic illness maintenance, recidivism in both episodes and hospitalizations. Began the first electronic home-based home health program resulting in significant reductions in operation overhead and enormous improvement in employee and client satisfaction. Worked with program to early discharge open-heart patients.

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