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The Real Cost of Readmissions

How is your health system handling care transitions? With data on rewards and repercussions for readmissions emerging for 2015, it's clear the cost of readmissions is real. The infographic below demonstrates the impact of readmissions on the healthcare system, barriers to reducing readmissions rates and what health systems can do to make improvements.

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Pathology Laboratories, Inc.

Established in Toledo, Ohio in 1946, Pathology Laboratories, Inc. (PathLabs) fostered a reputation among the area’s private medical practitioners as a provider of prompt, reliable and convenient laboratory testing services. Its status as a key partner in the delivery of quality medical care to the community was advanced in 1970 when PathLabs became the first independent medical laboratory in Ohio to seek and attain accreditation by the College of American Pathologists - the preeminent laboratory certifying body in the nation.

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The Real Cost of Readmissions