Implementation of a telehealth videoconference to improve hospital-to-skilled nursing care transitions: Preliminary data.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Transition-related patient safety errors are high among patients discharged from hospitals to skilled nursing facilities (SNFs), and interventions are needed to improve communication between hospitals and SNF providers. Our objective was to describe the implementation of a pilot telehealth videoconference program modeled after Extension for Community Health Outcomes-Care Transitions and examine patient safety errors and readmissions.

Methods

A multidisciplinary telehealth videoconference program was implemented at two academic hospitals for patients discharged to participating SNFs. Process measures, patient safety errors, and hospital readmissions were evaluated retrospectively for patients discussed at weekly conferences between July 2019-January 2020. Results w

SUBMITTER: Bellantoni J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12413295 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature