Collaboration between acute and continuing care facilities: a network approach to providing quality care.
As the cost of healthcare has increased and the treatment time for chronic mental health problems has shortened, a gap in service of continuing care programs was identified by staff at a Veterans Administration (VA) hospital in Texas. The continuing care programs were already established in a facility some distance away from the referring hospital. The program that was developed focused efforts toward establishment of an intrahospital and interfacility network to provide maximum rehabilitation for veterans at reduced cost.
Audie L. Murphy Memorial Veterans Hospital, San Antonio, TX.
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D002908:Chronic Disease; D003156:Community Mental Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003266:Continuity of Patient Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006746:Hospital Bed Capacity, 500 and over; D006787:Hospitals, Veterans / Q000458:organization & administration; D006801:Humans; D007373:Interinstitutional Relations; D010351:Patient Discharge; D010360:Patient Transfer; D015397:Program Evaluation; D011567:Psychiatric Department, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration*; D012107:Research Design; D012112:Residential Facilities / Q000458:organization & administration*; D013781:Texas