Music Therapy to Address Patients' Journeys With Chronic Illness, Outcomes, and Readmission

Board-certified music therapists (i.e., MT-BC credential) will provide two music therapy sessions, a minimum of 24 hours apart, that include education and disease-specific content (e.g., harmonica exercises for respiratory health \[COPD\] or music-based breathing exercises \[HF\]) prior to patients' discharge and two virtual music therapy sessions that address music-assisted relaxation and imagery, additional techniques for managing psychosocial stressors, and gratitude exercises post-discharge.