Zoe Grabinski, Kar-Mun Woo, Olumide Akindutire, Cassidy Dahn, Lauren Nash, Inna Leybell, Yelan Wang, Danielle Bayer, Jordan Swartz, Catherine Jamin, Silas W Smith
BACKGROUND: Review of emergency department (ED) revisits with admission allows the identification of improvement opportunities. Applying a health equity lens to revisits may highlight potential disparities in care transitions. Universal definitions or practicable frameworks for these assessments are lacking. The authors aimed to develop a structured methodology for this quality assurance (QA) process, with a layered equity analysis. METHODS: The authors developed a classification instrument to identify potentially preventable 72-hour returns with admission (PPRA-72), accounting for directed, unrelated, unanticipated, or disease progression returns...
March 15, 2024: Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety