Degree of Implementation of the Interventions to Reduce Acute Care Transfers (INTERACT) Quality Improvement Program Associated with Number of Hospitalizations

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 66, Issue 9, 2018, Pages 1830-1837

  Huckfeldt, Peter J ^a   Kane, Robert L ^a   Yang, Zhiyou ^a   Engstrom, Gabriella ^c   Tappen, Ruth ^b   Rojido, Carolina ^c   Newman, David ^b   Reyes, Bernardo ^c   Ouslander, Joseph G ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

potentially avoidable hospitalizations; skilled nursing facilities

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTIVATION; NURSING HOME; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESIDENT; SECONDARY ANALYSIS; SELF REPORT; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES; AGED; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; MEDICARE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEALTH PLAN IMPLEMENTATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICARE; PATIENT TRANSFER; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; SKILLED NURSING FACILITIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85053191428     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jgs.15476     Document Type: Article

References (27)

1. Mor V, Intrator O, Feng Z, Grabowski DC. The revolving door of rehospitalization from skilled nursing facilities. Health Aff 2010;29:57–64.
2. Ouslander JG, Lamb G, Perloe M et al. Potentially avoidable hospitalizations of nursing home residents: Frequency, causes, and costs. J Am Geriatr Soc 2010;58:627–635.
3. Ouslander JG, Berenson RA. Reducing unnecessary hospitalizations of nursing home residents. N Engl J Med 2011;365:1165–1167.
4. Walsh EG, Wiene JM, Haber S, Bragg A, Freiman M, Ouslander JG. Potentially avoidable hospitalizations of dually eligible Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries from nursing facility and Home- and Community-Based Services waiver programs. J Am Geriatr Soc 2012;60:821–829.
5. Ouslander J, Maslow K. Geriatrics and the triple aim: Defining preventable hospitalizations in the long-term care population. J Am Geriatr Soc 2012;60:2313–2318.
6. Office of Inspector General. Medicare Nursing Home Hospitalization Rates Merit Additional Monitoring (OEI-06–11–00040). Washington, DC: Department of Health and Human Services; 2013
7. Burke R, Rooks S, Levy C, Schwartz R, Ginde A. Identifying potentially preventable emergency department visits by nursing home residents in the United States. J Am Med Dir Assoc 2015;16:395–399.
8. Carnahan JL, Unroe KT, Torke AM. Hospital readmission penalties: Coming soon to a nursing home near you! J Am Geriatr Soc 2016;64:614–618.
9. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Readmissions Reduction Program 2016 (online). Available at http://www.cms.gov/Medicare/Medicare-Fee-for-Service-Payment/AcuteInpatientPPS/Readmissions-Reduction-Program.html Accessed September 28, 2017.
10. Ouslander JG, Bonner A, Herndon L, Shutes J. The Interventions to Reduce Acute Care Transfers (INTERACT) quality improvement program: An overview for medical directors and primary care clinicians in long term care. J Am Med Dir Assoc 2014;15:162–170.
11. Pathway Health 2018 (online). Available at http://www.pathway-interact.com Accessed May 13, 2018.
12. Ouslander JG, Lamb G, Tappen R et al. Interventions to reduce hospitalizations from nursing homes: Evaluation of the INTERACT II Collaborative Quality Improvement Project. J Am Geriatr Soc 2011;59:745–753.
13. Kane RL, Huckfeldt PJ, Tappen R et al. Effects of an intervention to reduce hospitalizations from nursing homes: A randomized implementation trial of the INTERACT program. JAMA Intern Med 2017;177:1257–1264.
14. Meehan TP, Qazi DJ, Van Hoof TJ et al. Process evaluation of a quality improvement project to decrease hospital readmissions from skilled nursing facilities. J Am Med Dir Assoc 2015;16:648–653.
15. Schnelle JF, Ouslander JG, Cruise PA. Policy without technology: A barrier to improving nursing home care. Gerontologist 1997;37:527–532.
16. Schnelle JF, Cruise PA, Rahman A, Ouslander JG. Developing rehabilitative behavioral interventions for long-term care: Technology transfer; acceptance; and maintenance issues. J Am Geriatr Soc 1998;46:771–777.
17. Rahman A, Schnelle J, Yamashita T, Patry G, Prasauskas R. Distance learning: A strategy for improving incontinence care in nursing homes. Gerontologist 2010;50:121–132.
18. Pope GC, Kautter J, Ellis RP, Ash AS et al. Risk adjustment of Medicare capitation payments using the CMS-HCC model. Medicare Medicaid research review 2004;25:119–141.
19. Morris J, Morris S. ADL assessment measures for use with frail elders. J Ment Health Aging 1997;3:19–45.
20. Morris JA, Fries BE, Mehr DR et al. MDS Cognitive Performance Scale. J Gerontol 1994;49:M174–M182.
21. Tappen R, Wolf D, Rahemim Z et al. Barriers and facilitators to implementing a change initiative in long-term care utilizing the INTERACT™ Quality Improvement Program. Health Care Manag (Frederick) 2017;36:219–230.
22. Young Y, Baryhdt NR, Broderick EA et al. Factors associated with potentially preventable hospitalization in nursing home residents in New York State: A survey of directors of nursing. J Am Geriatr Soc 2010;58:901–907.
23. Young Y, Inamdar S, Dichter BS et al. Clinical and nonclinical factors associated with potentially preventable hospitalizations among nursing home residents in New York State. J Am Med Dir Assoc 2011;2011:364–371.
24. Ingber MJ, Feng Z, Khatutsky G, Wang JM et al. Initiative to reduce avoidable hospitalizations among nursing facility residents shows promising results. Health Aff 2017;36:441–450.
25. Rantz MJ, Popejoy L, Vogelsmeier A et al. Successfully reducing hospitalizations of nursing home residents: Results of the Missouri Quality Initiative. J Am Med Dir Assoc 2017;18:960–966.
26. Grabowski DC, O'Malley AJ. Use of telemedicine can reduce hospitalizations of nursing home residents and generate savings for Medicare. Health Aff 2014;33:244–250.
27. Handler S, Sharkey S, Hudak S et al. Incorporating INTERACT II clinical decision support tools into nursing home health information technology. Ann Long Term Care Aging 2011;19:23–26.