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Search Results for Transitional Care
Abstract Number: 39
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Background: Communication between hospital and outpatient clinicians is a key component to successful care transitions for older adults, yet this communication is frequently lacking. In addition, residents in academic medical centers are not routinely provided with feedback about post-discharge outcomes or opportunities for improvement. Purpose: To implement weekly video conferences that utilize the electronic medical […]
Abstract Number: 40
SHM Converge 2023
Background: “Hospital at Home” (HaH) models of care have existed for over 20 years in the U.S. Demand for healthcare value, advances in relevant technologies, and the ongoing global pandemic have driven renewed attention to HaH models, by way of policy-based and academic pilot programs – and even commercialization attempts. Where studied, these models have […]
Abstract Number: 101
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Background: The convergence of rising post-acute health care costs with incomparable outcomes havemade reform a priority resulting in the development of new models of care that often extend the scope of practice andjob duties among health professionals. In these new models, aimed to improve clinical and cost effectiveness of care,advance practice “transitionists” diagnose, triage, conservatively […]
Abstract Number: 408
SHM Converge 2023
Background: Timely, effective follow-up after hospital discharge can improve the efficiency and outcomes of care by increasing hospital throughput and decreasing readmissions and other adverse events after discharge. The University of Chicago Medical Center (UCMC) has chronic bed shortages and a medically and socially complex patient population that makes optimal management of post-discharge care especially […]
Abstract Number: 417
SHM Converge 2023
Background: “Hospital at Home” (HaH) models of care have existed for over 20 years in the U.S. More recently, HaH models have evolved to include transitional care solutions to improve patients’ post-acute outcomes. Meanwhile, services which were traditionally provided only in the inpatient setting, such as elective arthroplasty, have begun to shift to same-day and […]
Abstract Number: B16
SHM Converge 2022
Background: Patients hospitalized with COVID-19 are at risk for clinical deterioration after discharge. Because of this concern, hospitals established home monitoring programs during the pandemic. This study sought to describe these programs among a sample of US academic medical centers. Methods: We conducted a voluntary survey of hospital medicine leaders who participate in the Hospital […]