Het MITO-team wil de transmurale communicatie van de externe professionals (behandelaren van het kind) naar henzelf optimaliseren (projectdoelstelling). Wanneer deze communicatie verbetert, kan het MITO-team gerichter onderzoeken uitvoeren en/of de diagnostiek optimaliseren. Hierdoor kan er gerichter …

Objective To develop, implement and evaluate a personalized patient discharge letter (PPDL) to improve the quality of handoff communication from hospital to home. Design From the end of 2006–09 we conducted a quality improvement project; consisting of a before–after evaluation design, and a process evaluation. …

Objectives To assess the independent association between health-related quality of life (HRQOL) at admission and mortality, functional decline, and institutionalization 3 and 12 months after admission in acutely hospitalized older adults. Design Post hoc analysis of data from prospective cohort study, …

Objectives To identify distinct sets of disability trajectories in the year before and after a Medicare qualifying skilled nursing facility (Q-SNF) admission, evaluate the associations between the pre–and post–Q-SNF disability trajectories, and determine short-term outcomes (readmission, mortality). …

Importance Older adults acutely hospitalized are at risk of disability. Trials on comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA) and transitional care present inconsistent results. Objective To test whether an intervention of systematic CGA, followed by the transitional care bridge program, improved activities …

Objectives: to compare changes over time in the in-hospital mortality and the mortality from discharge to 30 days post-discharge for six highly prevalent discharge diagnoses in acutely admitted older patients as well as to assess the effect of separately analysing the in-hospital mortality and the mortality …

Background To describe the prevalence of multimorbidity and to study the association between acute and chronic diseases in acutely hospitalized older patients Methods Prospective cohort study conducted between 2006 and 2008 in three teaching hospitals in the Netherlands. 639 patients aged 65 years and …

Background: Many patients show deterioration in functioning and increased care needs in the last year of life. End-of-life care needs and health care utilization might differ between groups of acutely hospitalized older patients. Aim: To investigate differences in geriatric conditions, advance care planning, …

Onderzoek naar de beweegredenen zijn van het personeel van het Meander Medisch Centrum om een patiënt wel of niet door te verwijzen naar de transmurale apotheek.

Inleiding: Het onderzoek is uitgevoerd om te onderzoeken of huidtherapeuten en wondverpleegkundigen willen en kunnen samenwerken binnen de wondzorgverlening. Huidtherapeuten en wondverpleegkundigen zijn beiden geschoold in het verlenen van wondzorg. In dit onderzoek staat beschreven of huidtherapeuten …