JAMDA
Volume 11, Issue 3 , Pages 204-210 , March 2010

Health Care Providers' Opinions on Communication Between Nursing Homes and Emergency Departments

  • Suzanne M. Gillespie, MD RD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Geriatrics/Aging, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Suzanne M. Gillespie, MD, RD, Division of Geriatrics/Aging, University of Rochester, Monroe Community Hospital 435 East Henrietta Road, Rochester, NY 14620.
    • ,
  • Lauren J. Gleason, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Geriatrics/Aging, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY
    • ,
  • Jurgis Karuza, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Geriatrics/Aging, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY
    • ,
  • Manish N. Shah, MD MPH

      Affiliations

    • Division of Geriatrics/Aging, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY
    • Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY
    • Department of Community and Preventive Medicine, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY

References 

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  15. Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture. March 2009. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. Available at: http://www.ahrq.gov/qual/patientsafetyculture/hospsurvindex.html. Accessed July 22, 2009.
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 S.M.G. is a recipient of a Geriatric Academic Career Award administered by the Bureau of Health Professions, Health Resources and Services Administration, US Department of Health and Human Services. S.M.G. gratefully acknowledges the support of the American Medical Directors Association (AMDA) Foundation for award of an AMDA Foundation Pfizer Quality Improvement Award which supported this study. M.N.S. is supported by the Paul B. Beeson Career Development Award (NIA 1K23AG028942)

PII: S1525-8610(09)00301-6

doi: 10.1016/j.jamda.2009.09.002

JAMDA
Volume 11, Issue 3 , Pages 204-210 , March 2010

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