Moving beyond readmission penalties: Creating an ideal process to improve transitional care

Journal of Hospital Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 102-109

  Burke, Robert E ^a,b   Kripalani, Sunil ^c,d   Vasilevskis, Eduard E ^a,c,d   Schnipper, Jeffrey L ^e,f  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH LITERACY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; MEDICATION ERROR; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF CARE; TRANSITIONAL CARE;

CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; HUMANS; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT READMISSION; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84873465962     PISSN: 15535592     EISSN: 15535606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jhm.1990     Document Type: Article

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