Improving community care for patients discharged from hospital through zone-wide implementation of a seamless care transition policy | Zendy

Naveenjyote Boora | Zendy; Shireen Surood | Zendy; Jeff Coulombe | Zendy; Surya Poudel | Zendy; Vincent I. O. Agyapong | Zendy

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Improving community care for patients discharged from hospital through zone-wide implementation of a seamless care transition policy

Author(s) -

Naveenjyote Boora,

Shireen Surood,

Jeff Coulombe,

Surya Poudel,

Vincent I. O. Agyapong

Publication year - 2021

Publication title -

international journal for quality in health care

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.769

H-Index - 94

eISSN - 1464-3677

pISSN - 1353-4505

DOI - 10.1093/intqhc/mzab079

Subject(s) - audit , fiscal year , medicine , health care , descriptive statistics , mental health , emergency medicine , medical emergency , business , psychiatry , finance , political science , statistics , mathematics , accounting , law

Several studies within the psychiatry literature have illustrated the importance of discharge planning and execution, as well as accessibility of outpatient follow-up post-discharge. We report the results of implementing a new seamless care transition policy to expedite post-discharge follow-up in the community Addiction and Mental Health (AMH) program in the Edmonton Zone, Alberta, Canada. The policy involved a distribution mechanism for assessment by a mental health therapist (MHT) within 7 days of discharge as well as a dedicated roster of community psychiatrists to accept newly discharged patients.

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