Memorial launches hospitalization follow-up clinic

PAWTUCKET – Memorial Hospital has launched a hospitalization follow-up clinic to increase the likelihood that patients discharged from area hospitals can be seen quickly by a primary care physician as part of their follow-up care.

With patients discharged from the hospital being told to be seen by a primary care provider within a week to make sure their health continues to improve, it is frequently difficult to get an appointment on such short notice.

Hospitals and health systems around the nation are under financial pressure from Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to minimize readmissions.

“We have a checklist of items we make sure are addressed – including medication reconciliation, follow-up testing and the patient’s understanding of the care plan – and we then turn the patient over to their primary care physician,” said Dr. Dino Messina, associate program director in the department of medicine at Memorial.

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The clinic is conducted every Wednesday. Call 401-729-2258 for more information.

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