High-Intensity Telemedicine Decreases Emergency Department Use for Ambulatory Care Sensitive Conditions by Older Adult Senior Living Community Residents

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 1077-1081

  Shah, Manish N ^a   Wasserman, Erin B ^a   Gillespie, Suzanne M ^a   Wood, Nancy E ^a   Wang, Hongyue ^a   Noyes, Katia ^a   Nelson, Dallas ^a   Dozier, Ann ^a   McConnochie, Kenneth M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute illness; Aging; Ambulatory care sensitive conditions; Telemedicine

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; AMBULATORY CARE SENSITIVE CONDITION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; CELLULITIS; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; HEALTH E ACCESS; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NURSING HOME PATIENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENIOR LIVING COMMUNITY RESIDENT; TELEHEALTH; TELEMEDICINE; VERY ELDERLY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HOME FOR THE AGED; UTILIZATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBULATORY CARE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 84947869903     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2015.07.009     Document Type: Article

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