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Annals of Internal Medicine: 3 reasons that suboptimal care transitions can lead to readmissions
Submitted By Charlene Ice, Created 05/16/2018 - 12:15
- Hospitalists may not understand the intricacies of the PAC (post-acute care) settings their patients are heading to.
- PAC clinicians are sometimes given inadequate information.
- Hospitalists don’t get much feedback about how their patients fared in PAC.
Source: Cardiovascular Business, May 15, 2018
Source URL: http://www.cardiovascularbusiness.com/topics/practice-manage...
Notes: Based on an article in Annals of Internal Medicine by Christine D. Jones, MD, MS, and Robert E. Burke, MD, MS, entitled "Annals for Hospitalists Inpatient Notes - Getting Past the “Black Box”—Opportunities for Hospitalists to Improve Postacute Care Transitions."