Outcomes of a quality improvement project implementing stroke discharge advocacy to reduce 30-day readmission rates

Journal of Nursing Care Quality

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 237-244

  Poston, Kristen M ^a   Dumas, Bonnie P ^b   Edlund, Barbara J ^b  

^a CVS Minute Clinic   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

continuity of patient care; discharge planning; evidence based nursing; patient discharge; patient navigators; quality improvement; readmission rates; stroke; transition care

Indexed keywords

EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EVIDENCE BASED NURSING; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; PATIENT CARE; SELF CARE; STROKE; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; TRANSITIONAL CARE;

CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EVIDENCE-BASED NURSING; HUMANS; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT READMISSION; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; SELF CARE; STROKE; TRANSITIONAL CARE;

EID: 84901656275     PISSN: 10573631     EISSN: 15505065     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NCQ.0000000000000040     Document Type: Article

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