Impact of regular televisits on unplanned hospital admissions of nursing home residents in rural Germany: a pre-post intervention study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Hospital admissions occur frequently in nursing homes and are often preventable. Inappropriate hospitalisations due to nursing home-sensitive conditions pose significant risks to residents, place additional strain on emergency departments and hospitals, and thus lead to substantial healthcare costs. In light of demographic changes- characterised by an aging and increasingly multimorbid nursing home population- combined with ubiquitous lack of health care professionals, new strategies are urgently needed to ensure adequate medical care in nursing homes. Telemedicine presents a promising and innovative solution, particularly for rural regions, to improve access to timely medical attention. In this study, we evaluated whether the implementation of regular televisits, in add

SUBMITTER: Redeker AC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12418664 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature