内部医学虚拟专家评估计划减少了急诊室从长期护理转移到急诊室
Joint Commission journal on quality and patient safety
|November 16, 2023
概括
虚拟护理平台使急诊室 (ED) 从长期护理 (LTC) 设施的转移减少了13%. 这项计划改善了LTC居民的专家接入,增加了必要转移的医院入院率.
科学领域:
- 老年学是一门学科.
- 医疗保健服务研究 医疗服务研究
- 数字健康数字健康
背景情况:
- 从长期护理 (LTC) 转移到急诊 (ED) 部门可能会对居民造成护理中断和风险.
- 虚拟护理平台提供了一个潜在的解决方案,通过扩大现场护理选择,减少不必要的ED转移.
研究的目的:
- 评估虚拟护理平台对减少来自LTC设施的ED转移的影响.
- 评估转移导致住院病人的比例的变化.
主要方法:
- 使用了前后研究设计,分析了从2019年1月到2021年10月的转移数据.
- 2020年6月,内部医学虚拟专家计划 (IMVSP) 实施,使远程专家咨询成为可能.
- 通过采访员工收集了定性数据.
主要成果:
- 在实施后,ED转移的月均数量减少了13.0%.
- 导致住院住院的转移的平均月份比例增加了26.1%.
- 路透社工作人员对虚拟护理计划表示满意.
结论:
- IMVSP有效地减少了LTC设施的ED转移.
- 虚拟平台提高了获得专业护理的机会,改善了LTC居民的护理质量,并减轻了转移相关的风险.
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