Successful electronic implementation of discharge referral decision support has a positive impact on 30- and 60-day readmissions

Research in Nursing and Health

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 102-114

  Bowles, Kathryn H ^a   Chittams, Jesse ^a   Heil, Eric ^b   Topaz, Maxim ^a   Rickard, Kathy ^c   Bhasker, Mrinal ^b   Tanzer, Matt ^b   Behta, Maryam ^c   Hanlon, Alexandra L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

^b RightCare Solutions Inc ^*  (United States)

^c HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Case management; D2S2; Decision support; Discharge planning; Nursing informatics; Quality improvement; Readmission; Risk stratification

Indexed keywords

AGED; CASE MANAGEMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT REFERRAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOFTWARE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AGED; CASE MANAGEMENT; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT READMISSION; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOFTWARE;

EID: 84925844325     PISSN: 01606891     EISSN: 1098240X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nur.21643     Document Type: Article

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