Meeting
Abstract Number: 266
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Background: Transitioning patient care between hospitals and skilled nursing facilities (SNFS) brings many challenges. Patient and family anxiety, unfamiliarity and even misinformation about SNFs increase the opportunity for unsatisfactory outcomes and readmissions to the hospital.. Previous research has demonstrated frequent and potentially harmful medication discrepancies during hospital to nursing home transitions, and low frequency of […]