Dr. Amy Kind is a geriatrician whose goal is to become an independent investigator in interventional health services research (i.e. clinical effectiveness research), focusing on transitional care safety in vulnerable older adult populations. The proposed award will facilitate this goal by expanding her competencies in clinical trials, statistical analysis, leadership, and systems engineering for health system re-design. Dr. Kind will access a wealth of resources through the University of Wisconsin, including accomplished NIH-funded mentors in the multi-disciplinary fields of clinical trials, systems engineering and health services research. The goal of Dr. Kind's proposed research is to address the $15 billion/year bounce-back problem while simultaneously improving the transitional care of sub-acute care patients with and without dementia. Bounce-backs are movements to settings of higher care intensity within 30 days of hospital discharge (i.e. rehospitalizations, emergency room visits). Existing effective interventions decrease bounce-backs through improved post-hospital communication, but use direct patient education to do so, which makes them inappropriate for most high-risk sub-acute care (largely hip fracture and stroke) and dementia populations. A systems approach which improves communication by optimizing the common hospital discharge summary has potential to reduce bounce-backs, but the most critical discharge summary components must be identified to enable intervention design. In this study we will utilize linked discharge summary-Medicare outcomes data to (1) examine the impact that omissions of specific discharge summary components have on post-hospital patient outcomes (bounce-backs, survival and cost) and identify the mechanisms by which these effects occur;and (2) determine how comorbid dementia modifies these impacts. Additionally, we will utilize a non-randomized prospective intervention study with historical and contemporary comparison groups to (3) determine the effect of a systems-engineering-based intervention vs. typical clinical practice on discharge communication rates of targeted components and on bounce-backs in hip fracture and stroke patients with and without comorbid dementia discharged to sub-acute care.

Public Health Relevance

The proposed multi-disciplinary study is the first to address the common and costly problem of bounce-backs in vulnerable sub-acute care and dementia populations, and does so by using the common discharge summary;an innovative, cost-effective approach. This research will have important implications for transitional care interventions, development of quality measures and creation of patient care guidelines, and will provide essential information to heath systems, accreditation authorities and clinicians alike.

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Institute on Aging (NIA)
Type
Mentored Patient-Oriented Research Career Development Award (K23)
Project #
5K23AG034551-02
Application #
8145685
Study Section
Special Emphasis Panel (ZAG1-ZIJ-4 (A1))
Program Officer
Baker, Colin S
Project Start
2010-09-30
Project End
2013-08-31
Budget Start
2011-09-01
Budget End
2012-08-31
Support Year
2
Fiscal Year
2011
Total Cost
$186,000
Indirect Cost
Name
University of Wisconsin Madison
Department
Internal Medicine/Medicine
Type
Schools of Medicine
DUNS #
161202122
City
Madison
State
WI
Country
United States
Zip Code
53715
King, Barbara J; Gilmore-Bykovskyi, Andrea L; Roberts, Tonya J et al. (2018) Impact of Hospital Context on Transitioning Patients From Hospital to Skilled Nursing Facility: A Grounded Theory Study. Gerontologist 58:521-529
Chapman, Elizabeth; Eastman, Alexis; Gilmore-Bykovskyi, Andrea et al. (2018) Development and preliminary evaluation of the resident coordinated-transitional care (RC-TraC) program: A sustainable option for transitional care education. Gerontol Geriatr Educ 39:160-169
Gilmore-Bykovskyi, Andrea L; Kennelty, Korey A; DuGoff, Eva et al. (2018) Hospital discharge documentation of a designated clinician for follow-up care and 30-day outcomes in hip fracture and stroke patients discharged to sub-acute care. BMC Health Serv Res 18:103
Gilmore-Bykovskyi, Andrea L; Roberts, Tonya J; King, Barbara J et al. (2017) Transitions From Hospitals to Skilled Nursing Facilities for Persons With Dementia: A Challenging Convergence of Patient and System-Level Needs. Gerontologist 57:867-879
Dattalo, Melissa; DuGoff, Eva; Ronk, Katie et al. (2017) Apples and Oranges: Four Definitions of Multiple Chronic Conditions and their Relationship to 30-Day Hospital Readmission. J Am Geriatr Soc 65:712-720
Rogus-Pulia, Nicole M; Larson, Charles; Mittal, Bharat B et al. (2016) Effects of Change in Tongue Pressure and Salivary Flow Rate on Swallow Efficiency Following Chemoradiation Treatment for Head and Neck Cancer. Dysphagia 31:687-96
Kennelty, Korey A; Jensen, Laury L; Gehring, Michael et al. (2016) Preventing Opioid Prescription Theft and Ensuring SeCure Transfer of Personal Health Information when Patients Transition from the Hospital to a Nursing Home. J Am Geriatr Soc 64:e23-5
Kennelty, Korey A; Gilmore-Bykovskyi, Andrea; Kind, Amy J H (2016) Missing Warfarin Discharge Communication and Risk of 30-Day Rehospitalization and/or Death: Retrospective Cohort Study. J Am Geriatr Soc 64:2394-2396
Nabozny, Michael J; Barnato, Amber E; Rathouz, Paul J et al. (2016) Trajectories and Prognosis of Older Patients Who Have Prolonged Mechanical Ventilation After High-Risk Surgery. Crit Care Med 44:1091-7
Kind, Amy J H; Brenny-Fitzpatrick, Maria; Leahy-Gross, Kris et al. (2016) Harnessing Protocolized Adaptation in Dissemination: Successful Implementation and Sustainment of the Veterans Affairs Coordinated-Transitional Care Program in a Non-Veterans Affairs Hospital. J Am Geriatr Soc 64:409-16

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