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Special Session
Abstract
Session presented on Saturday, July 26, 2014:
Prof. Courtney's research program involves the development, trial and evaluation of innovative discharge planning and transitional care models that span across hospital and community health sectors and include hospital and in-home assessment, exercise strategies and telephone follow-up interventions with 'at-risk' community-living older adults (1,2,3,4). This presentation focuses on results of her previous clinical trials in 'general hospitalised medical patients' and presents findings published in Journal of American Geriatric Society (JAGS) and PlusOne which demonstrate significantly few emergency hospital readmissions (22% intervention, 47% control, P = .007) and emergency GP visits (25% intervention, 67% control, P
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Presentation
Format Type
Text-based Document
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Keywords:
Transitional Care, Tele-health nursing interventions, Diabetes/Cardiac Disease
Recommended Citation
Courtney, Mary and Wu, Chiung-Jung (Jo), "Transitional care using telehealth: Fewer emergency unplanned admissions and improved quality of life and functional ability" (2014). INRC (Congress). 381.
https://www.sigmarepository.org/inrc/2014/presentations_2014/381
Conference Name
25th International Nursing Research Congress
Conference Host
Sigma Theta Tau International
Conference Location
Hong Kong
Conference Year
2014
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Transitional care using telehealth: Fewer emergency unplanned admissions and improved quality of life and functional ability
Hong Kong
Session presented on Saturday, July 26, 2014:
Prof. Courtney's research program involves the development, trial and evaluation of innovative discharge planning and transitional care models that span across hospital and community health sectors and include hospital and in-home assessment, exercise strategies and telephone follow-up interventions with 'at-risk' community-living older adults (1,2,3,4). This presentation focuses on results of her previous clinical trials in 'general hospitalised medical patients' and presents findings published in Journal of American Geriatric Society (JAGS) and PlusOne which demonstrate significantly few emergency hospital readmissions (22% intervention, 47% control, P = .007) and emergency GP visits (25% intervention, 67% control, P