Implementation of rehabilitation medicine consultant recommendations in acute care: a pilot evaluation.
Rehabil Nurs
; 37(1): 25-9, 2012.
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Limited data exist regarding rehabilitation medicine consultation services in the acute-care hospital setting. We examined implementation rates of rehabilitation consultant recommendations in a university hospital with either a rotating physician service or a single advanced-practice nurse. We performed a retrospective chart review of all patients evaluated by a rehabilitation consultation service for 2 months at a single 300-bed hospital: The first month with rotating physicians (MP) and the second month with a single advanced-practice nurse (SP). Total consultations/recommendations were similar during the 2 months (MP-63/251, SP-68/240, respectively). The overall implementation rate was greater during the month with the SP (SP-74%, MP-47%), although implementation was similar for discharge disposition (MP-82%, SP-85%). In this university hospital, rehabilitation consultation recommendations were more frequently implemented with a single-provider consultation service. Further study of rehabilitation consultation services is needed, including evaluation of nonphysician consultants.
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Planejamento de Assistência ao Paciente
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Alta do Paciente
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Encaminhamento e Consulta
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Reabilitação
Tipo de estudo:
Guideline
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Observational_studies
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Sysrev_observational_studies
Limite:
Humans
País/Região como assunto:
America do norte
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2012
Tipo de documento:
Article