Reducing Potentially Preventable Hospital Transfers: Results from a Thirty Nursing Home Collaborative

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 651-656

  Tena Nelson, Roxanne ^a   Santos, Kathryn ^a   Weingast, Elizabeth ^b   Amrhein, Scott ^a   Ouslander, Joseph ^c   Boockvar, Kenneth ^b,d,e  

^a Jewish Home Lifecare ^*

^b Jewish Home Lifecare   (United States)

^c FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Hospitalization; Nursing homes; Quality improvement

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; ARTICLE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; GERIATRIC CARE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVENTIONS TO REDUCE ACUTE CARE TRANSFERS; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; NON PROFIT ORGANIZATION; NORMAL HUMAN; NURSE; NURSE ADMINISTRATOR; NURSING ASSISTANT; NURSING HOME; NURSING HOME PATIENT; NURSING HOME PERSONNEL; NURSING STAFF; PARAMEDICAL EDUCATION; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PHYSICIAN; QUALITY CONTROL; SKILL; SOCIAL WORKER; TEAMWORK; TRADE UNION; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 84865542562     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2012.06.011     Document Type: Article

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