Why Dovetail

Dovetail Health has a full understanding of the difficulties that can arise when a patient transitions home after a hospital or rehabilitation stay.

• Sixty-six percent of adverse events following discharge are related to medications.
• One out of every five patients is readmitted following a discharge; studies have shown that as many as 75 percent of those readmissions could have been prevented.
• Nationwide, the cost of preventable readmissions is as high as $15 billion.

Our transition program extends your brand into the community while keeping crucial aspects of patient care from falling through the cracks when the patient returns home.

• Because you are providing transition services, your patients will know that your care and support for them will continue beyond their stay in your facility.
• We help patients identify and address the obstacles that might prevent them from having a healthy, safe life at home.
• Our services include an assessment of medications and the safe integration of new medications with previously-prescribed medications.
• With our help, patients can more easily coordinate care from various providers and are better prepared to manage their own healthcare and any chronic illnesses they may have.
• By partnering with us, you are able (without developing such a program on your own) to offer your patients a value-added solution that helps them manage their transition.
• Your facility will experience fewer immediate readmissions as a result — and will also feel more comfortable discharging patients whose post-discharge care may present challenges.