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Research Studies is a compilation of published research articles funded by AHRQ or authored by AHRQ researchers.
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1 to 3 of 3 Research Studies DisplayedFekieta R, Rosenberg A, Jenq GY
A new tool to assess clinician experience with patient care transitions.
The authors developed a brief survey to gauge clinician experience with patient care transfers that occur within a hospital. They found that, overall, the survey was feasible to implement and was built to optimize content, construct, and response process validity. Survey results drove practical improvement work, such as informing a verbal transfer protocol to improve nursing preparedness to receive patients on general medicine units. They concluded that, as a practical tool, the survey and its results can help hospital administrators to focus on categories of transfer activities that are most problematic for clinicians and to track trends for quality improvement.
AHRQ-funded; HS023554.
Citation: Fekieta R, Rosenberg A, Jenq GY .
A new tool to assess clinician experience with patient care transitions.
Qual Manag Health Care 2021 Apr-Jun;30(2):87-96. doi: 10.1097/qmh.0000000000000290..
Keywords: Transitions of Care, Quality Improvement, Quality of Care, Provider: Clinician, Provider
Hoonakker PLT, Wooldridge AR, Hose BZ
Information flow during pediatric trauma care transitions: things falling through the cracks.
In order to investigate information flow during pediatric trauma care transitions, researchers interviewed 18 clinicians about communication and coordination between the emergency department, operating room, and pediatric intensive care unit, then surveyed the clinicians about patient safety during these transitions. They found that, despite the fact that the many services and units involved in pediatric trauma cooperate well together during trauma cases, important patient care information is often lost when transitioning patients between units. To manage the transition of this fragile and complex population better, they recommend finding ways to manage the information flow during these transitions better by, for instance, providing technological support to ensure shared mental models.
AHRQ-funded; HS023837.
Citation: Hoonakker PLT, Wooldridge AR, Hose BZ .
Information flow during pediatric trauma care transitions: things falling through the cracks.
Intern Emerg Med 2019 Aug;14(5):797-805. doi: 10.1007/s11739-019-02110-7..
Keywords: Children/Adolescents, Communication, Emergency Department, Healthcare Delivery, Intensive Care Unit (ICU), Patient Safety, Provider, Provider: Clinician, Surgery, Transitions of Care, Trauma
Jones CD, Jones J, Bowles KH
Patient, caregiver, and clinician perspectives on expectations for home healthcare after discharge: a qualitative case study.
The objective of this study was to evaluate and compare expectations for skilled home health care (HHC) from the patient, caregiver, and HHC perspectives after hospital discharge. Results showed that unclear expectations occurred when the patient and/or caregiver expectations were uncertain or misaligned with the services received; in most such cases, the patient and caregiver did not have prior experience with HHC. Recommendations to improve HHC transitions included actively engaging both patients and caregivers in the hospital and HHC settings to provide education about HHC services and assess and address additional care needs.
AHRQ-funded; HS024569.
Citation: Jones CD, Jones J, Bowles KH .
Patient, caregiver, and clinician perspectives on expectations for home healthcare after discharge: a qualitative case study.
J Hosp Med 2019 Feb;14(2):90-95. doi: 10.12788/jhm.3140..
Keywords: Caregiving, Health Services Research (HSR), Home Healthcare, Patient Experience, Provider, Provider: Clinician, Transitions of Care