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MESSAGE OF THE DAY:

Preventing Readmissions through Effective Partnerships (PREP), a joint initiative between Illinois Hospital Association’s Quality Care Institute and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois, recently marked the first successful year of the four-year program. More than two-thirds of Illinois hospitals are participating in PREP to help improve care transitions and reduce readmissions, and work towards raising Illinois’ performance from the bottom quartile nationally to an upper quartile by 2014.

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America's hospitals are open day and night, 365 days a year, to care for everyone who walks through our doors. But we're not here just when you need us. The people of America's hospitals are always working, caring and innovating-strengthening our communities.

Hospitals are:

Economic Contributors

Hospitals employ more than 5 million people, making them America's second-largest source of private-sector jobs.

Gateways to Care

We serve every type of community: urban, rural, large and small. We are constantly working to improve access to care for all patients from newborns to seniors.

Centers of Innovation

We're bringing the latest medical innovation and technology to patients, providing highly specialized health care.

Improving Community Health

Our mission goes beyond treating illness. We strengthen communities by working not just to mend bodies, but to make people and communities healthier.

Committed to Quality and Safety

We're dedicated to improving patient quality and safety in every community.

MESSAGE OF THE DAY:

America's hospitals are open day and night, 365 days a year, to care for everyone who walks through our doors. But we're not here just when you need us. The people of America's hospitals are always working, caring and innovating-strengthening our communities.

Hospitals are:

Economic Contributors

Hospitals employ more than 5 million people, making them America's second-largest source of private-sector jobs.

Gateways to Care

We serve every type of community: urban, rural, large and small. We are constantly working to improve access to care for all patients from newborns to seniors.

Centers of Innovation

We're bringing the latest medical innovation and technology to patients, providing highly specialized health care.

Improving Community Health

Our mission goes beyond treating illness. We strengthen communities by working not just to mend bodies, but to make people and communities healthier.

Committed to Quality and Safety

We're dedicated to improving patient quality and safety in every community.

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