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Challenges in transitional care between nursing homes and emergency departments.
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Terrell, Kevin M. Miller, Douglas K. |
| Copyright Year | 2006 |
| Abstract | OBJECTIVE To obtain opinions of knowledgeable professionals involved in the emergency care of nursing home (NH) residents. DESIGN Structured focus group interviews. PARTICIPANTS Five provider categories, including NH staff, NH physicians and nurse practitioners, emergency medical services (EMS) providers, emergency department (ED) nurses, and ED physicians. SETTING Two NHs, 2 EDs, and a county-wide EMS system. ANALYSIS Audiotaped discussions were transcribed and analyzed independently by 2 authors. RESULTS Themes included barriers to providing high-quality care, data needed when residents are transported in both directions between EDs and NHs, and possible solutions to improve care. Communication problems were the most frequently cited barrier to providing care. Residents are often transported in both directions without any written documentation; however, even when communication does occur, it is often not in a mode that is useable by the receiving provider. ED personnel need a small amount of organized, written information. When residents are released from the ED, NH personnel need a verbal report from ED nurses as well as written documentation. All groups were optimistic that communication can be improved. Ideas included use of (1) fax machines or audiotape cassette recorders to exchange information, (2) an emergency form in residents' charts that contains predocumented information with an area to write in the reason for transfer, and (3) brief NH-to-ED and ED-to-NH transfer forms that are accepted and used by local NHs and EDs. CONCLUSION The transitional care of NH residents is laden with problems but has solutions that deserve additional development and investigation. |
| Starting Page | 499 |
| Ending Page | 505 |
| Page Count | 7 |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://www.paltc.org/sites/default/files/02_Overview/02_Challenges%20in%20Transitional%20Care%20Between%20Nursing%20Homes%20and%20Emergency%20Depts.pdf |
| PubMed reference number | 17027627v1 |
| Volume Number | 7 |
| Issue Number | 8 |
| Journal | Journal of the American Medical Directors Association |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Accident and Emergency department Breast Feeding Categories Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome Emergency medical service Erectile dysfunction Nursing Homes Quality of Health Care Transitional Care Planning Written Documentation |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
