| Birmingham VA Health Care System, 2020a | Atlanta VA Medical Center HBPC, 2021 | ||||||
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| Hospital | GAC | HBPC | Total | July | August | September | |
| Charts reviewed, No. | 20 | 20 | 20 | 60 | 25 | 25 | 25 |
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| Patients with all 4Ms documented, No. | 20 | 18 | 17 | 55 | 13 | 15 | 25 |
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| Encounters, No.b | 1590 | 86 | 366 | 2042 | 294 | 294 | 294 |
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| Estimated No. of patients receiving 4Ms care (%) | 1590 (100) | 77 (90) | 311 (85) | 1978 (97) | 152 (52) | 176 (60) | 294 (100) |
Abbreviations: 4Ms, what matters, medication, mentation, mobility; AFHS, Age-Friendly Health System; GAC, geriatrics assessment clinic; HBPC, Home Based Primary Care; IHI, Institute for Healthcare Improvement; VA, US Department of Veterans Affairs.
a
August 1, 2020, to October 31, 2020.
b
Total unique patient encounters or average daily census in 1 month.
Birmingham VA Health Care System encounters include: hospital, live discharge; GAC, 23 geriatric assessment consultations, 28 inpatient consultations, and 35 video and phone visits; HBPC, 236 registered nurse Quarterly Plan of Care and 130 physician face-to-face home and video; The Atlanta VA Medical Center HBPC used the average daily census (294) for its calculations.