Meeting
Oral Presentations
Abstract Number: 9
SHM Converge 2024
Background: Hospital readmissions are frequent and can represent low-quality, high-cost care. Timely post-hospital follow-up has been described as an important element of high-quality transitions of care and readmissions prevention (1-3), yet exactly what type of follow-up is most successful is unclear. We sought to understand the relationship between timing, hospital follow-up visit provider specialty and […]
Oral Presentations
Abstract Number: 9
SHM Converge 2024
Background: Hospital readmissions are frequent and can represent low-quality, high-cost care. Timely post-hospital follow-up has been described as an important element of high-quality transitions of care and readmissions prevention (1-3), yet exactly what type of follow-up is most successful is unclear. We sought to understand the relationship between timing, hospital follow-up visit provider specialty and […]
Abstract Number: 429
SHM Converge 2024
Background: Around one in five Americans live in rural areas, but only 5 percent of physicians practice in these same areas. As such, hospital located in rural area such as Roosevelt Rehabilitation and Specialty Hospitals (RRHS) struggle with physician staffing. Tele-hospital medicine has expanded rapidly since the Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act in […]