Health Care Providers' Opinions on Communication Between Nursing Homes and Emergency Departments

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 204-210

  Gillespie, Suzanne M ^a   Gleason, Lauren J ^a   Karuza, Jurgis ^a   Shah, Manish N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

emergency medicine; nursing homes; Transitions of care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; NURSE; NURSING HOME; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PHYSICIAN; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 77049109905     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2009.09.002     Document Type: Article

References (16)

1. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention/National Center for Health Statistics. The National Nursing Home Survey, 2004. Available at http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nnhs.htm. Accessed July 23, 2009.
2. Bergman H., and Clarfield A.M. Appropriateness of patient transfer from a nursing home to an acute-care hospital: A study of emergency room visits and hospital admissions. J Am Geriatr Soc 39 (1991) 1164-1168
3. Nawar E.W., Niska R.W., and Xu J. National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey: 2005 Emergency Department Summary. Adv Data 386 (2007) 1-32
4. Coleman E.A., Parry C., Chalmers S., and Min S.J. The Care Transitions Intervention: Results of a randomized controlled trial. Arch Intern Med 166 (2006) 1822-1828
5. Boockvar K., Fishman E., Kyriacou C.K., et al. Adverse events due to discontinuations in drug use and dose changes in patients transferred between acute and long-term care facilities. Arch Intern Med 164 (2004) 545-550
6. American Medical Director's Association. Improving care transitions from the nursing facility to a community based setting. Available at: www.amda.com/governance/whitepapers/transitions_of_care.cfm. Accessed April 22, 2009.
7. Terrell K.M., and Miller D.K. Challenges in transitional care between nursing homes and emergency departments. J Am Med Dir Assoc 7 (2006) 499-505
8. Davis M.N., Brumfield V.C., Smith S.T., et al. A one-page nursing home to emergency room transfer form: What a difference it can make in an emergency!. Annals of Long-Term Care 13 11 (2005) 34-38
9. Jones J.S., Dwyer P.R., White L.J., and Firman R. Patient transfer from nursing home to emergency department: outcomes and policy implications. Acad Emerg Med 4 (1997) 908-915
10. Terrell K.M., Brizendine E.J., Bean W.F., et al. An extended care facility to emergency department transfer form improves communication. Acad Emerg Med 12 (2005) 114-118
11. Boockvar K.S., Fridman B., and Marturano C. Ineffective communication of mental status information during care transfer of older adults. J Gen Intern Med 20 (2005) 1146-1150
12. Stier P.A., Biles B.K., Olinger M.L., et al. Do transfer records for extended care facility patients sent to the emergency department contain essential information?. Ann Emerg Med 38 (2001) S102
13. Davis M.N., Smith S.T., and Tyler A. Improving transition and communication between acute care and long-term care: A system for better continuity of care. Annals of Long-Term Care 13 5 (2005) 25-32
14. Terrell K.M., Hustey F.M., Hwang U., et al. Quality indicators for geriatric emergency care. Acad Emerg Med 16 (2009) 441-449
15. Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture. March 2009. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. Available at: http://www.ahrq.gov/qual/patientsafetyculture/hospsurvindex.html. Accessed July 22, 2009.
16. Patient Safety Culture Surveys. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. Available at: http://www.ahrq.gov/qual/patientsafetyculture. Accessed July 22, 2009.