Hospital and health system boards should be aware of the deployment of the organization’s post-acute care strategies to reduce unnecessary utilization. These strategies can include:

• Creating partnerships across the care continuum to better address patient needs
• Understanding the social determinants of health that may be affecting the patients served by the hospital or health system
• Developing a strategy to address patient needs
• Learning from organizations already involved with reducing utilization to discover what established strategies can be applied at your hospital/health system
• Educating the community and other providers on what you will achieve through such strategies

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