Search results for "Transitions of Care"
November 2018
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/11/
Home telemonitoring may reduce readmissions in high-risk patients
A randomized trial at two tertiary care hospitals found that risk for death or readmission within 30 days was 18.2% in patients who received home telemonitoring after discharge versus 23.7% in those who received standard care.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/02/03/3.htm
3 Feb 2021
ACP advises on improving transitions of care
The authors of a recent College policy paper talked about how patients can be handed off more safely.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/05/10/acp-advises-on-improving-transitions-of-care.htm
10 May 2023
May 10, 2023
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/05/10/
Safety-net hospitals sent more patients to postacute facilities under bundled payments
A study of hospitals participating in Medicare's bundled payment program found that those with safety-net status didn't differ from others on postdischarge care cost or quality, but discharged a higher percentage of patients to institutions and a lower percentage to home health care.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/11/24/3.htm
24 Nov 2021
October 2007
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2007/10/
Staff, vets describe transitions from non-VA hospitals to VA primary care as inefficient
A qualitative study of hospital clinicians and veterans found gaps in four major processes, including transferring records and obtaining medications prescribed by non-Veterans Administration (VA) clinicians from VA pharmacies.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/10/30/4.htm
30 Oct 2019
June 2020
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/06/
A code for improving transitions of care
New Medicare code for transitional care management has seen low uptake but good patient outcomes.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/11/qa-code-for-improving-transitions-of-care.htm
15 Nov 2018
Hospitalists, primary care clinicians favor EMR communication at discharge over other methods
In a survey of clinicians at a safety-net hospital system, direct messages sent via a shared electronic medical record (EMR) were preferred to phone, email, fax, and text messaging.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/04/15/5.htm
15 Apr 2020