Telehealth for geriatric post-emergency department visits to promote age-friendly care.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To describe a feasibility pilot study for older adults that addresses the digital divide, unmet health care needs, and the 4Ms of Age-Friendly Health Systems via the emergency department (ED) follow-up home visits supported by telehealth.

Data sources and study setting

Data sources were a pre-implementation site survey and pilot phase individual-level patient data from six US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) EDs.

Study design

A pre-implementation survey assessed existing geriatric ED processes. In the pilot called SCOUTS (Supporting Community Outpatient, Urgent care & Telehealth Services), sites identified high-risk patients during an ED visit. After ED discharge, Intermediate Care Technicians (ICTs, former military medics), performed follow-up telephone,

SUBMITTER: McQuown CM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9843080 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature