The Transition Programs from Hospital to Home

Subject: The Transition Programs from Hospital to Home

Annotated Bibliography: Literature review- The incidence and severity of adverse events affecting patients after discharge from the hospital (2003), Outcome Measures, Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com.ezproxy.apollolibrary.com/docview/222246398

The outcome measures discuss the occurrence, preventability and severity of the adverse incidents after discharging of the patients from hospital. Moreover, this article emphasizes on the development of the effective procedures to reduce the incidences of the adverse events. The study was carried out in the setting of tertiary care hospital via taking cohort group of 400 patients. The three issues observed were; occurrence of the preventable adverse incidents, episodes of the undesirable events that are ameliorable, and the harmful effects due to lack medical management. The data was collected, after three weeks of discharging, through the review of medical record as well as telephonic interview. The key finding was that seventy six patients had suffered with adverse events following the emancipation from hospital. The outcome showed the incidence of the disabilities were not permanent, but only 3% was found interminable. This article explains the frequent occurrence of the undesirable effects in the period of discharge from the hospital with the assurance of their prevention following the simple strategies (Foster et al, 2003).

Annotated Bibliography: Literature review- Care Transitions from the Hospital to Home for Patients with Mobility Impairments: Patient and Family Caregiver Experiences (2012), Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com.ezproxy.apollolibrary.com/docview/1260759345

The aim of this study is to describe the experiences of the impaired mobility patients and their care providers after liberating from the hospital. The patients were attaining the occupational and physical therapies at their home. Investigators employed the qualitative method to collect data. They interviewed the patients by two weeks, one month and then at two months following the discharge. The results showed the insufficient communication between the patients and care providers during the care provision at home. Patients encountered difficulty in contacting the healthcare service providers. They also observed the poor communication among the providers in providing the better healthcare services at home. The conclusion of the study proposed the potential need of highly developed procedures for the better care regarding impaired mobility patients at home. Improved coordination among providers, home caregivers and patients was recommended to avoid the occurrence of adverse events and to assist the healthier cure at domestic place (Dossa et al, 2012).

Annotated Bibliography: Literature review- Home Parenteral Nutrition Safe Transition from Hospital to Home (2012), Retrieved from http://ncp.sagepub.com.ezproxy.apollolibrary.com/content/27/6/749

Kumpf & Tillman (2012) evaluated the risks of harm associated to the parenteral nutrition (PN) therapy at home in postdischarged patients. The outcome of the study suggested the improved coordination for care among the healthcare professionals allied to various disciplines in the health care setting. The patients, receiving the parenteral nutrition at home, had to face challenges and thus desire the assistance of qualified multidisciplinary panel as well as the prescriber in order to avert the probability of adverse events. The four complications; psychological, mechanical, infectious and metabolic; were ...