Division of Geriatrics, Spencer Fox Eccles School of Medicine at the University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA; VA Salt Lake City Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center, Department of Veterans Affairs, Salt Lake City, UT, USA.
Department of Pharmacy, George E. Wahlen VA, Salt Lake City, UT, USA.
J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2024 Jul;25(7):105006. doi: 10.1016/j.jamda.2024.03.117. Epub 2024 Apr 25.
Transitional care teams have been shown to improve patient safety. We describe a novel transitional care team with a clinical pharmacist as team leader initiated amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The program focused on Veterans with 2 planned transitions of care: hospital to skilled nursing facility (SNF) and from SNF to home. Ninety older Veterans were enrolled, and 79 medication errors and 80 appointment errors were identified. We conclude that a pharmacist-led program can improve safety in patients with 2 planned transitions of care.
过渡护理团队已被证明可以提高患者安全性。我们描述了一种新型的过渡护理团队，由临床药师担任团队负责人，该团队是在 COVID-19 大流行期间成立的。该计划专注于退伍军人，有 2 次计划中的护理过渡：医院到疗养院（SNF）和从 SNF 到家庭。共有 90 名老年退伍军人入组，发现了 79 例用药错误和 80 例预约错误。我们得出结论，药师领导的计划可以提高有 2 次计划中的护理过渡的患者的安全性。
