Integration of inpatient and outpatient services in an acute care transplant unit.
Creating an ambulatory outpatient service for transplant recipients in an inpatient care unit allows several goals to be met: decreased inpatient length of stay, decreased cost per case, and increased patient satisfaction. By using 6 inpatient beds for ambulatory outpatient procedures, the leadership staff of an adult inpatient care unit in Mount Sinai Medical Center consolidated adult transplant services into a single area promoting quality transplant care.
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Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, USA.
D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D000553:Ambulatory Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003266:Continuity of Patient Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003363:Cost Control; D019033:Delivery of Health Care, Integrated / Q000458:organization & administration*; D017721:Hospital Costs / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006757:Hospital Units / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D007902:Length of Stay / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D009519:New York City; D016377:Organ Transplantation; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration