NCT00281749

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

• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 1
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: —
• Sponsor: Maimonides Medical Center · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: —

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

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	TELEPHONE CALL

Timeline

• Completion: 2006-10-01
• First posted: 2006-01-25
• Last updated: 2011-08-18

Locations

2 sites across 1 country: United States