A Systematic Review of Interventions to Improve Nursing Home to Emergency Department Care Transitions.

ABSTRACT: This study aimed to identify interventions that are effective in improving the transitions of care for patients from nursing homes (NHs) to emergency departments (EDs). A total of 607 studies were identified, from which 19 studies were included for full-text review. Nine pre-post intervention studies and two retrospective cohort studies met all criteria for inclusion. In the quality assessment, two (18.2%) were assessed as good quality; seven (63.6%) were fair; and two (18.2%) were poor. Nine studies (81.2%) had a severe risk of bias, primarily due to confounding and deviation from the intended intervention. Pre-post intervention studies utilized transfer checklists/forms, web-based communication networks, and multimodal approaches to improve transitions of care. Eight studies reported sig

SUBMITTER: Gettel CJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7295263 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature