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Author:   Eric A Coleman
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Inc
Imprint:   Routledge
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.10cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.280kg
ISBN:  

9780789037435

ISBN 10:   0789037432
Pages:   150
Publication Date:   27 September 2007
Audience:   College/higher education ,  General/trade ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Preface Introduction (Marian Essey) Discharge Planning, Transitional Care, Coordination of Care, and Continuity of Care: Clarifying the Use and Terms from the Hospital Perspective (Diane E. Holland and Marcelline R. Harris) Development and Testing of an Analytic Model to Identify Home Healthcare Patients at Risk for a Hospitalization Within the First 60 Days of Care (Robert J. Rosati and Liping Huang) Bouncing-Back: Rehospitalization in Patients with Complicated Transitions in the First Thirty Days After Hospital Discharge for Acute Stroke (Amy J. H. Kind, Maureen A. Smith, Nancy Pandhi, Jennifer R. Frytak, and Michael D. Finch) Care Coordination for Cognitively Impaired Older Adults and Their Caregivers (Mary D. Naylor, Karen B. Hirschman, Kathryn H. Bowles, M. Brian Bixby, JoAnne Konick-McMahan, and Caroline Stephens) Patterns of Emergency Care Use in Residential Care Settings: Opportunities to Improve Quality of Transitional Care in the Elderly (Pamela Parsons and Peter A. Boling) The Central Role of Performance Measurement in Improving the Quality of Transitional Care (Eric A. Coleman, Carla Parry, Sandra A. Chalmers, Amita Chugh, and Eldon Mahoney) ReACH National Demonstration Collaborative: Early Results of Implementation (Patricia Simino Boyce and Penny Hollander Feldman) A Research and Policy Agenda for Transitions from Nursing Homes to Home (Peter A. Boling and Pamela Parsons) Index Reference Notes Included

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Eric A. Coleman, MD, MPH, is an Associate Professor of Medicine within the Divisions of Health Care Policy and Research and Geriatric Medicine at the University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center. As a board-certified geriatrician, Dr. Coleman maintains direct patient care responsibility for older adults in ambulatory, acute, and subacute care settings. Dr. Coleman’s research focuses on enhancing the role of patients and caregivers in improving the quality of their care transitions across acute and post-acute settings; measuring the quality of care transitions from the perspective of patients and caregivers; implementing system-level practice improvement interventions; and using health information technology to promote safe and effective care transitions.

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