RT Book, Section
A1 Arora, Vineet M.
A1 Farnan, Jeanne M.
A2 McKean, Sylvia C.
A2 Ross, John J.
A2 Dressler, Daniel D.
A2 Scheurer, Danielle B.
SR Print(0)
ID 1137605690
T1 Care Transitions within the Hospital: The Hand-Off
T2 Principles and Practice of Hospital Medicine, 2e
YR 2017
FD 2017
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9780071843133
LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1137605690
RD 2024/04/19
AB In-hospital  care  has  suffered  as  a  result  of  the  increased  fragmentation  in  the  delivery  of  care,  specifically  secondary  to  new  clinical  models  such  as  the  rise  of  hospitalist  care  in  the  United  States,  and  the  move  toward  cutting  hours  for  residency  trainees  in  teaching  hospitals.  This  fragmentation  has  resulted  in  a  greater  need  for  care  coordination  and  a  focus  on  transitions,  particularly  for  the  hospitalized  elderly  population.  For  example,  for  a  typical  patient,  a  member  of  the  patient’s  primary  team  is  present  in  the  hospital  only  50%  of  the  time.  Hospitalized  patients  are  passed  between  doctors  an  average  of  15  times  during  a  single  5-day  hospitalization.