Patient Education and Healthcare Cost: Article Search 1 and 2 MHA/560 Article 1 of 2 The article Patient education reduces readmissions and ER visits, saves money is a great article. It places emphasis on how the readmission rates or emergency room visits can be reduced if a patient is educated upon discharge. When a patient has ample information about after care, they can make better decisions to avoid recurring trips to the hospital or practitioners office (Ledue, 2009). Subsequently, patient satisfaction typically increases because they received great care and instructions to help them avoid another time-consuming and possibly costly additional healthcare visit. As a satisfied patient whose practitioner took the extra step to keep the patient in the know, the patient...