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Area of Science:

  • Healthcare Management
  • Patient Care Coordination
  • Health Services Research

Background:

  • The Emergency Department Discharge Center (EDDC) currently uses a lengthy, paper-based tool for social determinants of health (SDoH) screening and appointment facilitation.
  • No clear criteria exist for referring patients to the EDDC for appointment assistance.
  • A follow-up call program for discharged patients, linked to improved satisfaction and reimbursement, reaches only 8.6% of patients due to high volume.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To evaluate EDDC efficiency using Learning Organization principles.
  • To identify opportunities for EDDC staff to expand a post-discharge follow-up call program.
  • To optimize patient referral and SDoH screening processes within the EDDC.

Main Methods:

  • Applied Learning Organization principles, focusing on 'systems thinking' and 'team learning,' engaging EDDC staff and leadership.
  • Shadowed EDDC staff and analyzed data for patients receiving appointment assistance, SDoH screening, and follow-up calls.
  • Identified the SHOUT tool for predicting discharge failure and surveyed patients to assess SHOUT criteria prevalence and SDoH needs/interest in contacting community-based organizations (CBOs).

Main Results:

  • EDDC staff spend approximately 35 minutes per patient, liaising with physician offices.
  • Only 6% of surveyed patients met SHOUT criteria for EDDC assistance.
  • Of patients screened for SDoH, a small percentage identified a need and followed up independently; many call-back patients had already made appointments or had clinical questions.

Conclusions:

  • Learning Organization exercises highlighted the SHOUT tool's potential to refine EDDC patient selection.
  • Implementing SHOUT criteria and QR-code-based SDoH surveys could free up significant EDDC time for follow-up call expansion, improving efficiency by 95% while retaining benefits.
  • EDDC staff could act as a safety net for follow-up calls for patients struggling to secure appointments.