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Abstract Number: 175
Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Background: Project IMPACT (Improving Pediatric Patient-Centered Care Transitions) is a multi-center quality improvement collaborative aiming to improve hospital to home transitions. As part of this project, providers attempt to schedule follow-up visits prior to discharge and conduct post-discharge phone calls. Objective: 1.Determine relationship between scheduling post-discharge follow-up visits and 30-day reutilization rates 2. Characterize patients […]
Abstract Number: 327
Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Background: Effective patient handoffs during care transitions are crucial in the skilled nursing home setting where physician providers may not round on a daily basis, and the healthcare facility staff has shift changes on a daily basis. Currently, many critical communications regarding patients are shared via private phone calls, text messages, emails and log books. […]
Abstract Number: 328
Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Background: The Veterans Health Administration (VHA) is undergoing a national effort to improve access for its patients so that veterans can get the right care, in the right place, at the right time. National benchmarks suggest a time period of two weeks is adequate for non-acute specialty care follow-up, yet our hospital typically averages third […]
Abstract Number: 331
Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Background: Failures in communication among healthcare personnel are known threats to patient safety. Communication is particularly vulnerable to error when patient care responsibility is transferred from one provider to another (i.e., handoff). In this study we implemented a web-based handoff tool and provider training, and evaluated the impact on preventable adverse events (AEs). Methods: We […]