Better discharge process could reduce rehospitalizations, MU research finds

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Better discharge process could reduce rehospitalizations, MU research finds

Fri, 03/05/2021 - 03:58
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COLUMBIA – Throughout her career, Lori Popejoy provided hands-on clinical care in settings from hospitals and nursing homes to community centers. Popejoy became interested in care coordination, as patients who are cared for poorly after a hospital discharge often end up being readmitted in a worse state of health. Now a University of Missouri Sinclair School of Nursing associate professor, Popejoy and her research team conducted how best to discharge patients from nursing homes using the Re-Engineered Discharge program. The program aims to help hospitals do a better job of discharging patients. Popejoy started the program in mid-Missouri nursing homes with two strategies: one nursing home team received all of the training in a one-day workshop and the other group received training over the course of a few months. She found both strategies successfully improved the quality of care after patients had been discharged, but the group receiving the training more gradually saw greater buy…

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