title: The Interventions to Reduce Acute Care Transfers (INTERACT) quality improvement program: an overview for medical directors and primary care clinicians in long term care.
abstract: Interventions to Reduce Acute Care Transfers (INTERACT) is a publicly available quality improvement program that focuses on improving the identification, evaluation, and management of acute changes in condition of nursing home residents. Effective implementation has been associated with substantial reductions in hospitalization of nursing home residents. Familiarity with and support of program implementation by medical directors and primary care clinicians in the nursing home setting are essential to effectiveness and sustainability of the program over time. In addition to helping nursing homes prevent unnecessary hospitalizations and their related complications and costs, and thereby continuing to be or becoming attractive partners for hospitals, health care systems, managed care plans, and accountable care organizations, effective INTERACT implementation will assist nursing homes in meeting the new requirement for a robust quality assurance performance improvement program, which is being rolled out by the federal government over the next year.
authors: Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL; Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL. Electronic address: Joseph.Ouslander@fau.edu.
authors: Joseph G
authors: JG
authors: Ouslander
authors: Northeastern University School of Nursing, Bouve College of Health Sciences, Boston, MA.
authors: Alice
authors: A
authors: Bonner
authors: Massachusetts Senior Care Foundation, Boston, MA.
authors: Laurie
authors: L
authors: Herndon
authors: Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL.
authors: Jill
authors: J
authors: Shutes
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D015577:Geriatric Assessment; D006801:Humans; D009735:Nursing Homes / Q000458:organization & administration*; D010359:Patient Readmission / Q000639:trends; D010360:Patient Transfer / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008486:Physician Executives; D011320:Primary Health Care; D016730:Program Development; D058996:Quality Improvement / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014481:United States
keywords: Hospital readmissions; quality improvement programs