Improving care transitions from hospital to home: Standardized orders for home health nursing with remote telemonitoring

Journal of Nursing Care Quality

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Heeke, Sheila ^a,d   Wood, Felecia ^b,c   Schuck, Jennifer ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^c Wesley Woods Geriatric Hospital   (United States)

^d EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Care transitions; Clinical protocols; Discharge process; Heart failure; Home health care; Standardized orders; Telemonitoring

Indexed keywords

ADVISORY COMMITTEE; CLINICAL TRIAL; GEORGIA; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT CARE; PILOT STUDY; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; TELENURSING; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

ADVISORY COMMITTEES; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; GEORGIA; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PILOT PROJECTS; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; TELENURSING;

EID: 84894531967     PISSN: 10573631     EISSN: 15505065     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NCQ.0b013e3182a520b6     Document Type: Article

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