Optimal@NRW: optimized acute care of nursing home residents using an intersectoral telemedical cooperation network - study protocol for a stepped-wedge trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Increasing life expectancy is associated with a growing number of people living in nursing homes, while the availability of outpatient medical care, especially from family doctors, is stagnating in this sector. Consequently, numerous and often avoidable, low-threshold hospitalizations of nursing home residents are observed. This results in unnecessary use of resources such as emergency services and emergency rooms as well as in potential health risks to the nursing home residents related to hospitalization. This study aims to improve this healthcare gap by implementing an intersectoral telemedicine approach.

Methods

Twenty-five nursing homes are participating and provided with telemedical equipment to perform teleconsultations. Additionally, an early warning syste

SUBMITTER: Brucken D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9513974 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature