Improving Transitions to Postacute Care for Elderly Patients Using a Novel Video-Conferencing Program: ECHO-Care Transitions

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 130, Issue 10, 2017, Pages 1199-1204

  Moore, Amber B ^a,b   Krupp, J Elyse ^a   Dufour, Alyssa B ^a,b,c   Sircar, Mousumi ^a,b   Travison, Thomas G ^b,c   Abrams, Alan ^a,b   Farris, Grace ^a   Mattison, Melissa L P ^b,d   Lipsitz, Lewis A ^a,b,c  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c Hebrew SeniorLife Institute for Aging Research   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Care transitions; ECHO; Readmissions

Indexed keywords

ACCOUNTABLE CARE ORGANIZATION; AGED; ARTICLE; CHARLSON COMORBIDITY INDEX; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIRIUM; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEART FAILURE; HIP FRACTURE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF; MEDICARE; MORTALITY RATE; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; NURSE; NURSING HOME; PHARMACIST; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIAL WORKER; SUBACUTE CARE; TRANSITIONAL CARE; VERY ELDERLY; VIDEOCONFERENCING; PATIENT CARE; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT READMISSION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; SKILLED NURSING FACILITIES; VIDEOCONFERENCING;

EID: 85025147002     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: 15557162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2017.04.041     Document Type: Article

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