HMP Global April 5, 2022
With reported high transition-related patient safety errors associated with the release from hospitals to skilled nursing facilities (SNFs), study authors investigated the impact of implementing of a pilot telehealth videoconference program.
The pilot program was executed at 2 academic hospitals among patients being discharged to participating SNFs. Researchers retrospectively examined patient safety errors, process measures, and hospital readmissions. Findings were discussed at weekly conferences held from July 2019 to January 2020.
Researchers utilized the Reach, Effectiveness, Adoption, Implementation, Maintenance model and reported statistics on patient safety errors, patient and index hospitalization characteristics, and conference process measures.
Authors of the study reported the use of logistic regression models fit to compare the probability of 30-day hospital readmission in patients discharged to...
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