title: Hospitals, SNFs team up to improve transitions.
abstract: Summa Health System and Akron, OH, area nursing homes are working together to improve patient transitions and quality of care. Readmissions have dropped from, 26% to 19% and length of stay has dropped from 7.3 days to a low of 7 days. Multidisciplinary teams meet regularly to discuss better ways of handing off patients. The team developed a standardized transfer form that hospitals use when transferring patients. Nursing facilities started using the Situation-Background-Assessment-Recommendation (SBAR) form to organize information for physicians when patients have a change in condition.
mesh_terms: D003266:Continuity of Patient Care / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D006739:Hospital Administration / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D007373:Interinstitutional Relations; D007902:Length of Stay / Q000639:trends; D009820:Ohio; D010359:Patient Readmission / Q000639:trends; D010360:Patient Transfer / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D012866:Skilled Nursing Facilities / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards