Consensus-Derived Interventions to Reduce Acute Care Transfer (INTERACT)-Compatible Order Sets for Common Conditions Associated with Potentially Avoidable Hospitalizations

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 524-526

  Ouslander, Joseph G ^a   Handler, Steven M ^b  

^a FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; PNEUMONIA; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; CONSENSUS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; MALE; NURSING HOME; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; CONSENSUS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; NURSING HOMES; PATIENT TRANSFER; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84929943220     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2015.02.016     Document Type: Article

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