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Telephone Call From Acute Care Physicians to Long Term Care Physicians: Impact on Transitional Care of Elderly Patients

NCT00281749 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE1 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL

Last updated 2011-08-18

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

A telephone call from a physician taking care of a patient in the hospital to a physician in the long term care setting at the time of discharge can improve transitional care for elderly patients. We believe direct communication between physicians can reduce re-hospitalizations, medication errors, morbidity and mortality. No studies have been done that involve physician-to-physician sign-outs after hospital discharge to the nursing home. In our study, we would like to address the breakdown in the transfer of information to the nursing home setting.

Conditions

  • Alzheimer Disease
  • Parkinson Disease
  • Dysphagia

Interventions

PROCEDURE

TELEPHONE CALL

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Maimonides Medical Center

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • SERGEY I GENKIN, MD · Maimonides Medical Center

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
65 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Completion
2006-10-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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