Graduation Year
2018
Degree Type
Open Access Capstone
Document Type
Capstone
Degree Name
Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP)
Department
Nursing
Department Name when Degree Awarded
Baccalaureate and Graduate Nursing
First Advisor
Mary Clements
Department Affiliation
Nursing
Second Advisor
Gina L. Purdue
Department Affiliation
Nursing
Abstract
Readmission to an acute care hospital are common, costly, and frequently avoidable. Transitions of care are critical to quality, safe patient care and increases effective prevention of readmissions. Although there is an abundance of knowledge related to causes of hospital readmissions and the effectiveness of preventative measures hospital readmission continue to plague healthcare organizations. A review of the literature was conducted, and 11 studies were reviewed and analyzed. The literature review showed evidence to support implementing a telephonic post-discharge follow-up protocol as an effective intervention to reduce hospital readmissions. The purpose of this project was to implement a telephonic, protocol-driven program to reduce 30-day all-cause readmissions. The Coordinated-Transitional Care (C-TraC) Program includes identifying patients that are deemed high risk of readmission based on local facility criteria and providing telephonic follow-up post-discharge from an acute care hospital. Statistical analyses included frequency distribution table for sociodemographic data, previous hospitalization and clinical diagnosis data, and independent t-tests were performed to analyze the differences between the intervention and without intervention group. The result was statistically significant difference in the mean score for the intervention group and without intervention group (p = .012).
Copyright
2018 Tonya H. Page
Recommended Citation
Page, Tonya, "Implementing the Coordinated-Transitional Care Program to Reduce All Cause Readmissions" (2018). Doctor of Nursing Practice Projects. 32.
https://encompass.eku.edu/dnpcapstones/32
IRB Approval Number (if applicable)
#1172
