Safety of rural nursing home-to-emergency department transfers: Improving communication and patient information sharing across settings

Journal for Healthcare Quality

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 55-65

  Tupper, Judith B ^a   Gray, Carolyn E ^a   Pearson, Karen B ^a   Coburn, Andrew F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication; Continuum of care; Emergency; Emergency department; Nursing facility; Patient safety; Patient transfer; Rural transitions; Visits

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL EMERGENCY SERVICE; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MAINE; NURSING HOME; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PROCEDURES; RURAL POPULATION; STANDARDS;

EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MAINE; NURSING HOMES; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT TRANSFER; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RURAL POPULATION; TRANSPORTATION OF PATIENTS;

EID: 84942760722     PISSN: 10622551     EISSN: 19451474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.JHQ.0000460120.68190.15     Document Type: Article

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