Advancing Health Information Exchange (HIE) During Inter-hospital Transfer (IHT) to Improve Patient Outcomes

Launched by BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL · Jun 29, 2022

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ClinConnect Summary

The transfer of patients between acute care hospitals (inter-hospital transfer, IHT) is often undertaken to provide patients with needed specialized care that is unavailable at the transferring hospital. IHT occurs regularly, with over 100,000 Medicare patients undergoing IHT annually and with higher frequency among patients with select medical conditions (i.e., acute myocardial infarction), those who are critically ill, and those with multiple chronic conditions (MCC). Although all hospital-based care transitions expose patients to the risks of discontinuity of care, patients who undergo I...

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Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• • Age greater than or equal to 18 years old
• • Transferred from one of the 3 included transferring hospitals (Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital, South Shore Hospital, Milford Regional Medical Center)
• • Admitted to the general medical, cardiology, oncology, and/or ICU services at Brigham and Women's Hospital
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • Age \< 18 years old
• • Transferred from a different acute care hospital than the 3 included hospitals
• • Admitted through the ER
• • Direct admission from home/clinic
• • Admitted to a service other than general medicine, cardiology, oncology or ICU at Brigham and Women's Hospital