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Showing 1 to 20 of 32 for “"transitional care"”.
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Patient Engagement in Transitional Care
… about a public health program called the Transitional Care Program that was working in partnership with a county hospital system, Santa Clara Valley Medical Center. The specific aim was to reduce hospital re-admissions of high-risk patients by supporting patient motivation and engagement …
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Transitional Care Services: A Nurse-Led Quality Improvement Project
… of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (PPACA) and a national requirement for health care providers and systems to deliver care that is safe, outcome driven, and cost effective, Dignity Health (DH) as part of the hospital engagement network (HEN) launched an initiative …
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Rehabilitation facilities for the physically disabled : places for transitional care.
Thesis. 1977. M.Arch.--Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Architecture.
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Transitional Care Coach Program Evaluation at a Southwest Urban Medical Center
… effort to reduce hospital 30-day readmissions a Transitional Care Coach Program (TCCP) was developed in 2014 at a Southwest Urban Medical Center. The CDC Framework for Program Evaluation (2012) applies insight and experience gained from past program experience to effect change in practice and …
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Utilization of a transitional care team for medication reconciliation in geriatric primary care
… the benefits of using a transition of care (TOC) team for timely, appropriate medication reconciliation (MR) utilizing multiple intervention modalities. Purpose: This quality improvement (QI) project attempted to determine if the implementation of a TOC team utilizing a telephone-based …
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Access and Utilization of Transitional Care Services by the Elderly According to Payer Source
Keywords: transitional care, transitional care services, chronic care, supportive care, discharge planning, home health, community services, chronic disease management.
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Transitional Care to Reduce 30-day Heart Failure Readmissions Among the Long-Term Care Elderly Population
… with the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) (CMS, 2014), which sets forth certain provisions for Medicare spending. Hospitals with higher than usual readmission rates, especially in terms of preventable readmissions, are receiving reductions in Medicare reimbursements (Stone …
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Medication Access Using An Evidence-Based Adaptive Transitional Care Guidance Tool For Planned Release Of Older Inmates
… U.S. population. Yet, an effective geriatric transitional care process is not available for older persons released from jail. This article documents the development and results of an evidence-based, adaptive transitional care tool guided by Meleis’ transitions theory to improve access to …
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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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Does Participation in the Community Integrated Healthcare Program Reduce Heart Failure Readmissions
… Perform a program evaluation of the paramedicine transitional care program, the Community Integrated Healthcare Program, to determine its effectiveness in reducing heart failure 30-day readmissions compared to usual care. BACKGROUND: Heart failure is the leading cause of 30-day readmissions in the …
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Describing Healthcare Concerns of Young People and Adults with Cerebral Palsy
The purpose of this study was to identify healthcare concerns of young people and adults with cerebral palsy (CP) in the Transitional and Lifelong Care (TLC) program, and determine whether there were patient factors associated with the number of healthcare concerns. A retrospective chart review of …
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Improving Oral Care Practices and Aspiration Risk Assessment to Mitigate Risk of Hospital Acquired Pneumnia
<p>Abstract</p> <p>The aim of <em>Improving Oral Care Practices and Aspiration Risk Assessment to Mitigate Risk of Hospital Acquired Pneumonia</em> is to decrease rates of hospital acquired pneumonia (HAP) on a 16 bed Transitional Care Unit (TCU) with a mixed skill staff. The theme of the project …
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Paediatric Palliative Care - describing patient needs and the experiences of caregivers and health care workers in a Cape Town Paediatric Intermediate Care Facility
Aim: The study describes the population (and care needs) of children admitted to the facility, the experiences of their primary caregivers and the health care workers caring for them. Methodology: This was a descriptive study that utilised elements of both prospective and crosssectional design. The …
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Identifying Factors Contributing to Post-discharge Appointment Attendance for Patients with Heart Failure: A Quality Improvement Project
… and the potential for reduced healthcare reimbursement rates and lost revenue.Project Aim: The purpose of this project was to identify reasons why HF patients do not attend one-week post-discharge follow-up appointments while offering potential solutions. The aims of the project …
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Harnessing Family Empowerment To Promote Healthcare Transition For Youth With Special Healthcare Needs: The F.a.m.e. Project
<p>Only 20.5% of Youth with Special Healthcare Needs (YSHCN) receive transitional health care support services. This rate is even lower for minority and low-income YSHCN, as well as among subset populations of those with certain Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities. Multiple authorities in …
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FNP led Mobile Health Services for the Homeless population
… uses the greatest portion of the healthcare services. Homeless people are often such a group of “super-utilizers” of the healthcare system. Due to multiple medical and psychosocial conditions, people experiencing homelessness face numerous barriers to accessing healthcare, thus leading …
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Paediatric Palliative Care - describing patient needs and the experiences of caregivers and health care workers in a Cape Town Paediatric Intermediate Care Facility
Introduction: Palliative care has the potential to improve the quality of life for children living with LL or LTC's and their families. However, in the South African context, little is known about the specific care needs of these children and the experiences of caregivers and health care workers …
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Evaluating Alpha Spending Functions Applied to Observational Time-to-Event Analysis
… 2-year study assessing the effectiveness of Transitional Care Units on incident dialysis patients to illustrate their practical relevance. Although not statistically significant in the original study, the additional analysis shows a statistically significant treatment effect for all-cause …
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