Care transitions in long-term care and acute care: Health information exchange and readmission rates

Online Journal of Issues in Nursing

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2015, Pages

  Yeaman, Brian ^a   Ko, Kelly J ^a   Del Castillo, Rodolfo Alvarez ^b  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUADALAJARA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Care coordination; Care transition; Health information technology; Information exchange; Long term care; Readmission; Secure messaging

Indexed keywords

EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; UNITED STATES; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD; HOSPITAL; INTENSIVE CARE; MEDICAL ERROR; NURSING HOME; OKLAHOMA; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PILOT STUDY; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

CRITICAL CARE; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; HEALTH INFORMATION EXCHANGE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE; MEDICAL ERRORS; OKLAHOMA; PATIENT READMISSION; PATIENT TRANSFER; PILOT PROJECTS; SKILLED NURSING FACILITIES;

EID: 84957045068     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10913734     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3912/OJIN.Vol20No03Man05     Document Type: Article

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