Effects of an intervention to reduce hospitalizations from nursing homes: a randomized implementation trial of the INTERACT program.

Robert L. Kane; Peter Huckfeldt; Ruth Tappen; Gabriella Engstrom; Carolina Rojido; David Newman; Zhiyou Yang; Joseph G. Ouslander

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Effects of an intervention to reduce hospitalizations from nursing homes: a randomized implementation trial of the INTERACT program.

July 19, 2017

Kane RL, Huckfeldt P, Tappen R, et al. JAMA Intern Med. 2017;177(9):1257-1264.

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Reducing acute care hospitalizations from nursing homes is a patient safety priority. This cluster-randomized controlled trial compared a multimodal quality improvement intervention at long-term care facilities and found no difference in the rate of acute care hospitalizations compared to usual nursing home care. These results emphasize the challenge of improving safety outcomes in real-world clinical settings.

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