Webster LW, Cox MD, Fazio JR, Felix HM, Greenwell HR, Botella RM, Maniaci MJ, Grek AA. Bypassing the Brick-and-Mortar Hospital: Increasing Direct Admissions from the Emergency Department to Inpatient Hospital-at-Home.
Am J Med Qual 2024;
39:99-104. [PMID:
38683730 DOI:
10.1097/jmq.0000000000000186]
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Abstract
Home hospital programs continue to grow across the United States. There are limited studies around the process of patient selection and successful acquisition from the emergency department. The article describes how an interdisciplinary team used quality improvement methodology to significantly increase the number of admissions directly from the emergency department to the Advanced Care at Home program.
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