Reducing Errors in Transition from Acute Stroke Hospitalization to Inpatient Rehabilitation.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Effective stroke care does not end with acute treatment during hospitalization, but extends through rehabilitation and secondary stroke prevention. In transitions across care environments, stroke patients are vulnerable to errors in communication of diagnosis and treatment. This study aimed to demonstrate that formalized communication between the neurology team and the rehabilitation medicine team would promote secondary stroke prevention and minimize interruptions during rehabilitation.

Methods

The intervention was a standardized verbal handoff by phone between the discharging neurology resident and the admitting rehabilitation resident regarding each patient at transfer. This retrospective cohort study compared a pre-intervention control group (September 2012 to

SUBMITTER: Hill CE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4621425 | biostudies-literature | 2015

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature