Table 3.
N (%) | |
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Hospital has partnered with community physicians or physician groups to reduce readmission rates |
|
Yes | 297 (52.0%) |
No | 274 (48.0%) |
Hospital has partnered with other local hospitals to reduce readmission rates |
|
Yes | 147 (25.7%) |
No | 424 (74.3%) |
Frequency with which nurses are responsible for conducting medication reconciliation at discharge |
|
Never | 64 (11.2%) |
Sometimes | 62 (10.9%) |
Usually | 53 (9.3%) |
Always | 392 (68.7%) |
Frequency with which patients leave the hospital with an outpatient follow-up appointment already arranged |
|
Never | 21 (3.7%) |
Sometimes | 246 (43.1%) |
Usually | 250 (43.8%) |
Always | 54 (9.5%) |
Proportion of patients for whom a paper or electronic discharge summary sent directly to the patient's primary MD |
|
None | 43 (7.5%) |
Some | 163 (28.6%) |
Most | 213 (37.3%) |
All | 152 (26.6%) |
Someone within the hospital is assigned to follow up on test results that return after the patient is discharged |
|
Yes | 206 (36.1%) |
No | 365 (63.9%) |
Frequency with which outpatient and inpatient prescription records linked electronically |
|
Never | 344 (60.3%) |
Sometimes | 104 (18.2%) |
Usually | 68 (11.9%) |
Always | 55 (9.6%) |
All patients or their caregivers receive written emergency plan upon discharge |
|
Yes | 326 (57.1%) |
No | 245 (42.9%) |
Reliable process is in place to ensure outpatient physicians are alerted to the patient's discharge within 48 hours of discharge |
|
Yes | 231 (40.5%) |
No | 340 (59.5%) |
Hospital regularly calls patients after discharge to either follow up on post-discharge needs or to provide additional education |
|
Yes | 357 (62.5%) |
No | 214 (37.5%) |