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Showing 1 to 15 of 15 for “"transition of care"”.
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Optimizing transition of care pharmacy services by evaluating medication related readmission risk factors within the heart failure population
… Heart failure (HF) is the leading cause of hospitalization amongst patients 65 years of age and older and represents a significant clinical and economic burden. Previous studies have sought to identify risk factors associated with readmissions in HF patients. However, no studies have …
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Assessing Knowledge of Heart Failure Education in Nurses and Nurse Practitioners Throughout the Transition of Care Period in the Rural Health Setting
… greater risk for closure if there are concerns of loss of reimbursement. Hospitals are now challenged to prevent readmissions and to avoid penalties associated with HF admission within the 30-day window. Incorporating various interventions have shown improvements in readmission rates. Nurse …
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Utilization of a transitional care team for medication reconciliation in geriatric primary care
… and Significance: According to the Institute of Medicine (IOM), medication-related errors lead to mortality and adverse effects such as allergic reactions, avoidable side effects, drug interactions, and unnecessary cost (IOM, 2000). Even with the predominant use of computerized provider order …
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STANDARDIZATION OF SHIFT REPORT BY IMPLEMENTING A NURSING REPORT SHEET AND ADDRESSING PATIENT VALUES TO MEET PATIENT NEEDS
… report is a complex process, which involves the transition of care from one clinician to another. The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) (2013) reported that approximately 70% of patient adverse events are attributed to communication failures between healthcare providers. Nurses …
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Discharge Prospectus
… and Purpose:</em></p> <p>The goals of the project are to improve the efficiency of the discharge process, to increase bed availability, to decrease readmission rates, and to increase patient satisfaction through implementation of multidisciplinary huddles. </p> …
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Decreasing 30-Day Readmission Rates In Patients With Heart Failure
<p>Abstract: Heart Failure is one of the leading causes of hospital readmissions. Heart Failure affects approximately 6.2 million adults in the United States and costs the nation an estimated $30.7 billion each year (Farmarkis, 2017). Prevalence is projected to increase 25% by 2030 (Savarese, …
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A systematic approach to improving pharmacotherapy in the elderly
The aim of this thesis was to investigate whether a structured and systematic approach on improving pharmacotherapy in the elderly (the LIMM-model) would lead to a more appropriate and accurate drug use in the elderly. The elderly use many drugs and are more prone to suffer from adverse drug …
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Improving Patient Care Outcomes by Standardizing Change of Shift Report
<p>The change of shift is one of the most crucial times during a nurse’s day. It is a time where vital patient information is passed off from one nurse to the next. There is evidence that the root cause of many sentinel events and poor patient outcomes in related to communication breakdown during …
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Early Identification of Sepsis in the Walk-in Setting
… response to infection and is the cause of significant physical and financial burden on patients and the healthcare system. If not identified and treated promptly, sepsis can result in high rates of morbidity and mortality. Prehospital settings, such as walk-in clinics, are often the …
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Using Ethnography to Capture Learner Experience in Handover Simulation Modules
… handovers, frequent, diverse, and integral parts of modern medical practice, involve the transfer of patient responsibility from one team of providers to another.1 This transition of care is often fragmented and has been shown to cause various adverse events, including patient injury, medication …
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Tribal differences in the post-operative handover: a mixed-methods study
The provision of ultra-safe healthcare relies upon investment in robust systems of work. The transition of care between healthcare providers has been shown to contribute significant risk to patients, so much so that the improvement in handover was listed as one of the top five priorities for the …
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Renal and Cardiovascular Outcomes Associated with Cannabis Use in Veterans with Advanced Chronic Kidney Disease Transitioning to Dialysis
<p>Background: Legalization of cannabis and its constituents may lead to increased exposure of a higher number of consumers to cannabis use, including those with chronic kidney disease (CKD). We expect increase in cannabis use, especially, in patients with compromised kidney function. However, …
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Exploring the experiences of transitional care from child and adolescent mental health services to adult mental health services: the perspectives of professionals, parents and young people
Transitional care is an important process for professionals to consider, particularly as recent studies have shown how a mental health difficulty in adolescence will persist into adulthood. This indicates that a number of those seen in Child and Adolescent mental health services are likely to make …
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Predictors of Hyperkalemia and Outcomes of Dyskalemia in US Veterans with Advanced Chronic Kidney Disease Transitioning to Dialysis
… play a crucial role in maintaining homeostasis of serum potassium levels (K+). Patients with advanced chronic kidney disease (CKD) are at a higher risk of experiencing dyskalemia events (i.e. hyper- and hypokalemia; especially the former) and thus future adverse outcomes. Currently, there is a …
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Exploring the long-term consequences of musculoskeletal impairment following critical illness
Three quarters of patients admitted to an intensive care unit (ICU) are surviving to discharge from the acute hospital, despite an increasing population who are older, frailer and with significant multi-morbidities. More than half of critical care survivors experience at least one or more elements …