An electronic health record-based intervention to increase follow-up office visits and decrease rehospitalization in older adults

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 865-871

  Gurwitz, Jerry H ^a   Field, Terry S ^a   Ogarek, Jessica ^a   Tjia, Jennifer ^a   Cutrona, Sarah L ^a   Harrold, Leslie R ^a   Gagne, Shawn J ^a   Preusse, Peggy ^a   Donovan, Jennifer L ^a,b   Kanaan, Abir O ^a,b   Reed, George ^a   Garber, Lawrence ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS COLLEGE OF PHARMACY AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

care transitions; randomized controlled trial; readmission; rehospitalization; safety

Indexed keywords

AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CHARLSON COMORBIDITY INDEX; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD BASED INTERVENTION; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GERIATRIC CARE; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; KIDNEY DISEASE; LABORATORY TEST; LENGTH OF STAY; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

CARE TRANSITIONS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; READMISSION; REHOSPITALIZATION; SAFETY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBULATORY CARE; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; OFFICE VISITS; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT READMISSION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84900544483     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jgs.12798     Document Type: Article

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