Association of Physician Coordination With Interfacility Transfer Acceptance Timeliness.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Interfacility transfer for time-sensitive emergencies involves rapid and complex care transitions between facilities. We sought to validate relational coordination, a 7-dimension measure of coordination in which a higher score reflects higher-quality coordination, to examine how the quality of coordination affects timeliness in an emergency care setting.

Study design

Retrospective observational cohort design.

Methods

We used a novel method to examine how the quality of coordination between physicians at the time of transfer affects timeliness of physician acceptance. We recorded physician-to-physician conversations from the transfer of patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI), a time-sensitive emergency requiring immediate interventi

SUBMITTER: Ward MJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11014424 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature