Designing and describing an electronic referral system to facilitate direct hospital admissions.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In France, the progressive use of emergency departments (EDs) by primary care providers (PCPs) as a point of access to hospitalization for nonurgent patients is one of the many causes of their overcrowding. To increase the proportion of direct hospital admissions, it is necessary to improve coordination between PCPs and hospital specialists. The objective of our work was to describe the design and implementation of an electronic referral system aimed at facilitating direct hospital admissions.

Methods

This initiative was conducted in a French area (Hauts-de-Seine Sud) through a partnership between the Antoine-Béclère University Hospital, the Paris-Saclay University Department of General Medicine and the local health care network. The implementation was carried out

SUBMITTER: Montellier M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8958479 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature