Project reengineered discharge (red) lowers hospital readmissions of patients discharged from a skilled nursing facility

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 736-740

  Berkowitz, Randi E ^a   Fang, Zachary ^b   Helfand, Benjamin K I ^c   Jones, Richard N ^c   Schreiber, Robert ^c   Paasche Orlow, Michael K ^d  

^a Commonwealth Care Alliance ^*  (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Hebrew Senior Life   (United States)

^d BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Intervention; Readmission; Skilled nursing facility

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; EMERGENCY CARE; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HISPANIC; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF; NURSING COMPETENCE; NURSING HOME; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTPATIENT CARE; PROJECT REENGINEERED DISCHARGE; SKILLED NURSING FACILITY; TELEPHONE INTERVIEW; UNITED STATES;

INTERVENTION; READMISSION; SKILLED NURSING FACILITY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBULATORY CARE; BOSTON; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; MALE; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT READMISSION; SKILLED NURSING FACILITIES;

EID: 84884595074     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2013.03.004     Document Type: Article

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