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Showing 1 to 12 of 12 for “"post-acute care"”.
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Post-acute care transitions for adults with serious mental illness
Approximately 20% of traditional Medicare beneficiaries experience a hospital to SNF transition each year. Despite their frequent occurrence, transitions across levels and locations of care are incredibly error prone, poorly coordinated and communicated, and often result in cyclical patterns of …
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An enterprise architecture evaluation of the Improving Massachusetts Post-Acute Care Transitions (IMPACT) Program
The Post-Acute Care Transfer process is a critical area affecting the quality and safety of patient health care in the US'. While many Post-Acute Care (PAC) centers are Electronic Health Record (EHR) -enabled, a large majority of these centers, such as nursing home and home care, are not set up for …
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THE INFLUENCE OF SOCIAL CAPITAL ON SUCCESSFUL COMMUNITY DISCHARGE AFTER POST-ACUTE CARE AMONG MEDICARE BENEFICIARIES
Health equity, in which high standards of care are provided to individuals regardless of individual characteristics, is a goal of the healthcare system. Social risk factors such as socioeconomic position, cultural contexts, and community factors may negatively affect health outcomes despite high …
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Moving Patients across Organizations: Exploring the Antecedents of Effective and Efficient Referral Processes
… effective and efficient from the perspectives of acute care referral senders and post acute care referral receivers. The referral process was conceptualized as the classic communication model involving a sender, receiver, information, a communication channel and contextual factors such as …
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Evaluating Comorbidity Indices for Predicting Post-Acute Outcomes
Comorbidities are defined as acute or chronic medical conditions that an individual has in addition to his or her primary diagnosis. These comorbid conditions can affect a patient’s prognosis across the continuum of care. Functional decline and the presence of comorbidities are common in older …
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MMPI-2-RF : clinical utility with a traumatic brain injury population
… shortened 338-item MMPI-2-RF inventory with a post-acute TBI population as a practical alternative. The MMPI-2-RF requires a fifth-grade reading level and takes 35-50 minutes to administer. The MMPI-2-RF also includes revised versions of the MMPI-2 Validity Scales and new substantive scales …
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Examination of discharge settings and readmission rates following hospitalization for total knee arthroplasty
… has become a focal point in minimizing healthcare cost within the Medicare population through several initiatives within the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA). Policy changes have also impacted the availability of post-acute care following TKA. Medicare’s 75% rule effectively …
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The decision-making experiences of caregivers regarding feeding tube placement in community dwelling adults
… illness, the research is scarce regarding how to care for the caregiver of individuals with chronic illnesses especially with percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy feeding tubes (PEG). This study aims to explore the caregiver’s experience regarding decision-making for PEG feeding tube placement in …
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Life-Space Mobility, Falls, and Healthcare Use Among Community Dwelling Mexican-American Older Adults
… determine the association between LSM and healthcare use of Mexican American older adults over time. We included 799 respondents aged 80 and older from the Hispanic Established Population for the Epidemiologic study of the Elderly survey (2010/11-2016). The independent variable was restricted …
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Neighborhood historical redlining, present-day social vulnerability and sports and recreational injury hospitalizations in the United States
… longer LOS, but lower odds of discharge to post-acute care compared to White children. Older age was associated with higher odds of hospitalization and longer LOS while male sex was associated with shorter LOS for SR-TBI in children. Compared to children with private insurance, children with …
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Reduction Of Unnecessary Emergency Department Visits Through An Ed-Initiated Advanced Care Program For Vulnerable Patients
… project developed an ED-initiated Advanced ED Care Management Program (AECM) to reduce the frequency of and costs associated with ED overutilizers with four or more ED visits in a rolling calendar year, excluding those with private insurance in an assisted living or skilled nursing facility, or …
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Three Essays on Incentive Problems of Parties with Potential Conflict of Interest
… such as supply chain management and healthcare operations management. However, in the fast-changing business environment, there is a need to study and understand the new and emerging strategic behaviors of firms to adopt better incentive mechanisms and reach desired outcomes. This …