JAMDA
Volume 10, Issue 9 , Pages 644-652, November 2009

Reducing Potentially Avoidable Hospitalizations of Nursing Home Residents: Results of a Pilot Quality Improvement Project

  • Joseph G. Ouslander, MD

      Affiliations

    • The Charles E. Schmidt College of Biomedical Sciences and the Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL
    • Division of Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine, Department of Medicine, the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Joseph G. Ouslander, MD, The Charles E. Schmidt College of Biomedical Sciences, Florida Atlantic University, 777 Glades Road, Bldg 71, Boca Raton, FL 33431.
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  • Mary Perloe, MS, GNP

      Affiliations

    • The Georgia Medical Care Foundation, Atlanta, GA
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  • JoVonn H. Givens, MPH

      Affiliations

    • The Georgia Medical Care Foundation, Atlanta, GA
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  • Linda Kluge, RD, LD, CPHQ

      Affiliations

    • The Georgia Medical Care Foundation, Atlanta, GA
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  • Tracy Rutland, MBA, MHA

      Affiliations

    • The Georgia Medical Care Foundation, Atlanta, GA
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  • Gerri Lamb, PhD, RN

      Affiliations

    • Arizona State University College of Nursing & Healthcare Innovation, Tuscon, AZ

published online 12 October 2009.

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 This project was supported by a contract (Contract # APP-PSS614) from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to the Georgia Medical Care Foundation (GMCF). CMS had the opportunity to review this manuscript, and the opinions presented do not necessarily reflect those of CMS of GMCF. None of the authors have any financial conflicts of interest with regard to this article.

PII: S1525-8610(09)00248-5

doi:10.1016/j.jamda.2009.07.001

JAMDA
Volume 10, Issue 9 , Pages 644-652, November 2009

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