Implementation and impact analysis of a transitional care pathway for patients presenting to the emergency department with cardiac-related complaints
Gabriel E. Soto, Elizabeth A. Huenefeldt, Masey N. Hengst, Arlo J. Reimer, Shawn K. Samuel, Steven K. Samuel, Stephen J. Utts
2018
BMC Health Services Research
Although a large proportion of cardiac patients can be discharged with appropriate outpatient follow-up, inadequate care coordination often leads to high revisit rates or unnecessary admissions. ...
Enrollment in the transitional care pathway was associated with a reduced risk of cardiac-related ED revisits (RR 0.22, p < 0.0001), all-cause ED revisits (RR 0.30, p < 0.0001), and admission at second ...
Acknowledgments The authors thank the physician, nursing, and administrative leaders of SoutheastHEALTH for their support in making this study possible. ...
doi:10.1186/s12913-018-3482-2
pmid:30165843
fatcat:gsgnjp3te5agzdtx5obs4fde6a