Add to ORKGThis article was published in the January/February 2015 issue of the Journal for Healthcare Quality, and reports on the evaluation of a demonstration in 10 rural communities to improve the safety of nursing facility (NF) transfers to hospital emergency departments by forming interprofessional teams of hospital, emergency medical service, and NF staff to develop and implement tools and protocols for standardizing critical interfacility communication pathways and information sharing. The research team at the USM Muskie School worked with each of the 10 interprofessional teams to document current communication processes and information sharing tools and to design, implement and evaluate strategies/tools to increase effective communication and ...
Abstract Background Effective handover is crucial for patient safety. Rural health care organisation...
OBJECTIVE To identify testable solutions that may improve the quality and safety of care transition...
Background: Effective handover is crucial for patient safety. Rural health care organisations have p...
This article was published in the January/February 2015 issue of the Journal for Healthcare Quality,...
Implementation of patient safety initiatives can be costly in time and energy. Because of small volu...
The goal of this project is to improve health outcomes for elderly patients transferred between care...
Research has shown that essential information is often missing during transfer of nursing residents ...
Introduction: Interfacility transfers from rural emergency departments (EDs) are an important means ...
• Transfers to the hospital emergency department (ED) are common for many nursing facility (NF) res...
Aim: This article argues that the current model of emergency practice in rural Victorian hospitals, ...
Introduction: Although rural hospitals serve about one fifth of the United States, few studies have ...
Presented at Society of Hospital Medicine, 03/25/2104, Las Vegas, NV.Background: New Mexico is geogr...
Patient falls are a common, costly, and serious adverse event in all hospitals. Compared to larger u...
The Tennessee Rural Hospital Patient Safety Demonstration Project sought to improve patient safety i...
To date, few studies have focused on patient safety issues that occur in rural health care settings....
Abstract Background Effective handover is crucial for patient safety. Rural health care organisation...
OBJECTIVE To identify testable solutions that may improve the quality and safety of care transition...
Background: Effective handover is crucial for patient safety. Rural health care organisations have p...
This article was published in the January/February 2015 issue of the Journal for Healthcare Quality,...
Implementation of patient safety initiatives can be costly in time and energy. Because of small volu...
The goal of this project is to improve health outcomes for elderly patients transferred between care...
Research has shown that essential information is often missing during transfer of nursing residents ...
Introduction: Interfacility transfers from rural emergency departments (EDs) are an important means ...
• Transfers to the hospital emergency department (ED) are common for many nursing facility (NF) res...
Aim: This article argues that the current model of emergency practice in rural Victorian hospitals, ...
Introduction: Although rural hospitals serve about one fifth of the United States, few studies have ...
Presented at Society of Hospital Medicine, 03/25/2104, Las Vegas, NV.Background: New Mexico is geogr...
Patient falls are a common, costly, and serious adverse event in all hospitals. Compared to larger u...
The Tennessee Rural Hospital Patient Safety Demonstration Project sought to improve patient safety i...
To date, few studies have focused on patient safety issues that occur in rural health care settings....
Abstract Background Effective handover is crucial for patient safety. Rural health care organisation...
OBJECTIVE To identify testable solutions that may improve the quality and safety of care transition...
Background: Effective handover is crucial for patient safety. Rural health care organisations have p...