Investing in Post-Acute Care Transitions: Electronic Information Exchange Between Hospitals and Long-Term Care Facilities

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 30-34

  Cross, Dori A ^a   Adler Milstein, Julia ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

care transitions; continuity of care; health information exchange; Post acute care; readmissions

Indexed keywords

ACCOUNTABLE CARE ORGANIZATION; ADOPTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEANINGFUL USE CRITERIA; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; ODDS RATIO; SUBACUTE CARE; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD; HOSPITAL; MASS COMMUNICATION; NURSING HOME; PATIENT CARE; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; HEALTH INFORMATION EXCHANGE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONG-TERM CARE; NURSING HOMES; PATIENT READMISSION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84994874907     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2016.07.024     Document Type: Article

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