Background Interhospital transfers for emergency general surgery (EGS) conditions have increased in recent years in the United States (US). Older patients with EGS diagnoses are more likely to be transferred between hospitals and experience worse outcomes than younger patients. A contributing factor to these worse outcomes is that care coordination suffers during interhospital transfers. Provider… Read more »
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Background Interhospital transfers, the movement of patients between acute care facilities, play an increasingly critical role in the United States healthcare system. Although interhospital transfers are necessary, transferred patients experience more morbidity and mortality than directly admitted patients, even after adjusting for severity of illness. Effective and efficient communication between healthcare providers is crucial during… Read more »
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Background The devastating impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in the U.S. continues to grow as additional variants yield new waves of infection. An estimated 1 in 5 people who have had COVID-19 will experience “long COVID” – persistent symptoms of acute SARS-CoV-2 infection lasting beyond three weeks (post-acute) or three months (chronic) after acute infection… Read more »
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A Self-Help Worksheet For Lower Anxiety and Fewer Chart Fines (By someone who has been there, done that. For real.) No doubt that this will not work for everyone – stages of readiness for change and all that – but there were definitely a few things that I learned on my journey that might be… Read more »
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The Wisconsin Network for Research Support (WINRS) works at the intersections of health, equity, and community to facilitate the contribution of patient and community voice in health sciences research. We do this to shrink the distance between the research enterprise and community wisdom to accelerate progress toward a more just world. WINRS is an innovative… Read more »
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Background In 2008 the Institute of Medicine (now known as the National Academy of Medicine) recognized prescription medication labels as a vital tool to prevent adverse drug events, yet approximately half of patients across all literacy levels misunderstand dosage instructions (Institute of Medicine, 2008). The 2003 National Assessment of Adult Literacy found that just 52%… Read more »
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Background Nationally and within Wisconsin, disparities in healthcare exist across multiple determinants of health including race and ethnicity, socioeconomic status, health insurance coverage, and geography (rural and urban). Public reporting on disparities in the quality of care is an important step to achieving accountability for reducing disparities over time and has been associated with improvements… Read more »