Process Evaluation of a Quality Improvement Project to Decrease Hospital Readmissions From Skilled Nursing Facilities

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 648-653

  Meehan, Thomas P ^a,b   Qazi, Daniel J ^a   Van Hoof, Thomas J ^a,c,d   Ho, Shih Yieh ^a   Eckenrode, Sheila ^a   Spenard, Ann ^a   Pandolfi, Michelle ^a   Johnson, Florence ^a   Quetti, Deborah ^a  

^a QUALIDIGM   (United States)

^b Quinnipiac University   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Process evaluation; Quality improvement; Skilled nursing facility

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSING; NURSING ASSISTANT; NURSING HOME; REGISTERED NURSE; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONNECTICUT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

CONNECTICUT; HUMANS; PATIENT READMISSION; PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKILLED NURSING FACILITIES;

EID: 84938208235     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2015.02.015     Document Type: Article

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