Transitional care services: a quality and safety process improvement program in neurosurgery

Improving Transplant Discharge Education Using a Structured Teaching Approach

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Can nurse-led preoperative education reduce anxiety and postoperative complications of patients undergoing cardiac surgery?

(2016) Antonia Kalogianni et al.   European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing

Measuring Quality of Neurosurgical Care: Readmission Is Affected by Patient Factors

(2016) Robert W. Bina et al.   World Neurosurgery

Economic evidence on integrated care for stroke patients; a systematic review

(2016) Johanneke F.M.M. Tummers et al.   International Journal of Integrated Care

Implementation of transitions-of-care services through acute care and outpatient pharmacy collaboration

(2015) V. Gilmore et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF HEALTH-SYSTEM PHARMACY

Patient Expectation Is the Most Important Predictor of Discharge Destination After Primary Total Joint Arthroplasty

(2015) Mohamad J. Halawi et al.   JOURNAL OF ARTHROPLASTY

Nurse-led telephone follow-up after total knee arthroplasty - content and the patients’ views

(2015) Kirsten Szöts et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NURSING

Follow-up telephone calls to patients discharged after undergoing orthopaedic surgery: double-blind, randomised controlled trial of efficacy

(2015) Marco Clari et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NURSING

Preoperative identification of neurosurgery patients with a high risk of in-hospital complications: a prospective cohort of 418 consecutive elective craniotomy patients

(2015) Elina Reponen et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSURGERY

Analysis of neurosurgical reoperations: use of a surgical checklist and reduction of infection-related and preventable complication-related reoperations

(2015) Marjut Lepänluoma et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSURGERY

Cranial neurosurgical 30-day readmissions by clinical indication

(2015) Nuriel Moghavem et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSURGERY

Capture, Transfer, and Feedback of Patient-Centered Outcomes Data in Palliative Care Populations: Does It Make a Difference? A Systematic Review

(2015) Simon Noah Etkind et al.   JOURNAL OF PAIN AND SYMPTOM MANAGEMENT

Reducing Readmissions after Pancreatectomy: Limiting Complications and Coordinating the Care Continuum

(2015) Eugene P. Ceppa et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS

Length of hospital stay after craniotomy for tumor: a National Surgical Quality Improvement Program analysis

(2015) Hormuzdiyar H. Dasenbrock et al.   Neurosurgical Focus

Thirty-day readmission rates in spine surgery: systematic review and meta-analysis

(2015) James T. Bernatz et al.   Neurosurgical Focus

Preventing 30-day Readmissions

(2015) Sherri Stevens   NURSING CLINICS OF NORTH AMERICA

Revisiting Project Re-Engineered Discharge (RED): The Impact of a Pharmacist Telephone Intervention on Hospital Readmission Rates

(2015) Gail M. Sanchez et al.   PHARMACOTHERAPY

Standardized follow-up program may reduce emergency room and urgent care visits for patients undergoing radical prostatectomy

(2014) Ryan Kendrick Flannigan et al.   CUAJ-Canadian Urological Association Journal

Incidence and predictors of 30-day readmission for patients discharged home after craniotomy for malignant supratentorial tumors in California (1995–2010)

(2014) Logan P. Marcus et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSURGERY

Project BOOST Implementation: Lessons Learned

(2014) Mark V. Williams et al.   SOUTHERN MEDICAL JOURNAL

Patient Characteristics Associated With Increased Postoperative Length of Stay and Readmission After Elective Laminectomy for Lumbar Spinal Stenosis

(2014) Bryce A. Basques et al.   SPINE

Applying STAAR Interventions in Incremental Bundles: Improving Post-CABG Surgical Patient Care

(2014) Ondrea L. Bates et al.   Worldviews on Evidence-Based Nursing

Development of an Outpatient Protocol for Lumbar Discectomy: Our Institutional Experience

(2014) Shih-Shan Lang et al.   World Neurosurgery

Readmissions in Neurosurgery: A Qualitative Inquiry

(2014) Sasha Vaziri et al.   World Neurosurgery

A Reengineered Hospital Discharge Program to Decrease Rehospitalization

(2013) Brian W. Jack   ANNALS OF INTERNAL MEDICINE

Interventions to Reduce 30-Day Rehospitalization: A Systematic Review

(2013) Luke O. Hansen et al.   ANNALS OF INTERNAL MEDICINE

Are readmission rates on a neurosurgical service indicators of quality of care?

(2013) Manish N. Shah et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSURGERY

Project ReEngineered Discharge (RED) Lowers Hospital Readmissions of Patients Discharged From a Skilled Nursing Facility

(2013) Randi E. Berkowitz et al.   Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Variation in Surgical-Readmission Rates and Quality of Hospital Care

(2013) Thomas C. Tsai et al.   NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

Determining the quality and effectiveness of surgical spine care: patient satisfaction is not a valid proxy

(2013) Saniya S. Godil et al.   Spine Journal

Reasons for Readmission After Carotid Endarterectomy

(2013) Aksharananda Rambachan et al.   World Neurosurgery

Prospective Trial of a Short Hospital Stay Protocol After Endoscopic Endonasal Pituitary Adenoma Surgery

(2013) Jonathan G. Thomas et al.   World Neurosurgery

Hospital readmission performance and patterns of readmission: retrospective cohort study of Medicare admissions

(2013) K. Dharmarajan et al.   BMJ-British Medical Journal

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(2012) Dennis R. Delisle   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL QUALITY

Functional Health Literacy and Understanding of Medications at Discharge

(2012) Michael J. Maniaci et al.   MAYO CLINIC PROCEEDINGS

Clinical pathways and the commodification of total joint replacement

(2012) J.N. Katz et al.   OSTEOARTHRITIS AND CARTILAGE

Thirty-Day Readmission Rates for Medicare Beneficiaries by Race and Site of Care

(2011) Karen E. Joynt   JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION

Preventing the rebound: improving care transition in hospital discharge processes

(2010) Ian A. Scott   Australian Health Review

Determinants of preventable readmissions in the United States: a systematic review

(2010) Joshua R Vest et al.   Implementation Science

What Is Value in Health Care?

(2010) Michael E. Porter   NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

Rehospitalizations among Patients in the Medicare Fee-for-Service Program

(2009) Stephen F. Jencks et al.   NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE