Journal of Nursing & Care

Antoinette Conca

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• Research Article
  Optimized Patient Transfer through Innovative Multidisciplinary Assessment: Project Description of Phase I [Translated from the originalarticle in German published in Pflegewissenschaft 2012; 5:291-8]
  Author(s): Antoinette Conca, Rita Bossart, Katharina Regez, Ursula Schild, Gabriela Wallimann, Ruth Schweingruber, Virpi Hantikainen, Petra Tobias, Petra Tobias, Werner Albrich, Kristina Ruegger, Frank Dusemund, Ulrich Burgi, Thomas Sigrist, Stefan Mariacher-Gehler, Andreas Huber, Philipp Schutz, Beat Muller and Barbara ReutlingerAntoinette Conca, Rita Bossart, Katharina Regez, Ursula Schild, Gabriela Wallimann, Ruth Schweingruber, Virpi Hantikainen, Petra Tobias, Petra Tobias, Werner Albrich, Kristina Ruegger, Frank Dusemund, Ulrich Burgi, Thomas Sigrist, Stefan Mariacher-Gehler, Andreas Huber, Philipp Schutz, Beat Muller and Barbara Reutlinger
  
  Introduction: OPTIMA is a multi-professional quality management and research project, conducted at the Cantonal Hospital of Aarau (KSA), Switzerland in cooperation with post-acute care institutions from November 2009 until December 2012. Objective: The goal of this study was to optimize patient care pathways and to provide patient-centered, costeffective care that is conform with the introduction of the Diagnosis Related Groups (DRG) in 2012. Methods: The “Post-Acute Care Discharge Scores” (PACD) was applied to assess the risk for transfer to postacute care facilities in 240 patients suffering from lower respiratory tract infections during the first phase of the study (OPTIMA I) from October 2009 until April 2010. In order to assess the patients’ self-care ability, the “Self-Care Index&rdquo.. Read More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2167-1168.1000316

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