Patient navigators cut ER visits, hospitalization for high risk health care users

(Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center) Studies indicate patients with a lower socioeconomic status often lack a primary care provider, causing them to receive lower quality health care, experience a higher rate of emergency visits and an increased risk of all-cause readmissions and death after discharge. An interdisciplinary research team from TTUHSC completed a study to determine if a patient navigation program created using DSRIP guidelines can help decrease ER visits and hospital admi...