Nonemergency acute care: when it's not the medical home

GP Conners, SJ Kressly, JM Perrin, JE Richerson… - …, 2017 - publications.aap.org
Gregory P. Conners, MD, MPH, MBA, FAAP, a Susan J. Kressly, MD, FAAP, b James M.
Perrin, MD, FAAP, c Julia E. Richerson, MD, FAAP, d Usha M. Sankrithi, MBBS, MPH, FAAP …

Strength in the gap: A rapid review of principles and practices for urgent care centres

P Benjamin, R Bryce, T Oyedokun… - Healthcare …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Responding to a provincial government decision to develop two Urgent Care Centres
(UCCs) in Saskatchewan, we undertook a rapid review of published literature with the …

Developing standardized “receiver-driven” handoffs between referring providers and the emergency department: results of a multidisciplinary needs assessment

K Huth, AM Stack, G Chi, R Shields, M Jorina… - The Joint Commission …, 2018 - Elsevier
Background Miscommunication during patient transfers is a leading cause of medical errors.
Inpatient standardization of handoff communication has been associated with reduced …

Implementing receiver-driven handoffs to the emergency department to reduce miscommunication

K Huth, AM Stack, J Hatoun, G Chi, R Blake… - BMJ quality & …, 2021 - qualitysafety.bmj.com
Background Miscommunications during care transfers are a leading cause of medical errors.
Recent consensus-based recommendations to standardise information transfer from …

City mouse, country mouse: a mixed-methods evaluation of perceived communication barriers between rural family physicians and urban consultants in …

T Renouf, S Alani, D Whalen, C Harty, M Pollard… - Bmj Open, 2016 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objectives To examine perceived communication barriers between urban consultants and
rural family physicians practising routine and emergency care in remote subarctic …

Evaluating urgent care center referrals to the emergency department

C Poyorena, S Patel, A Keim, J Monas… - Journal of the …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Background and objectives Urgent care centers (UCCs) are increasingly popular with an
estimated number of 9600 stand‐alone centers in the United States compared to emergency …

Improving Outcomes in Patients Sent to the Emergency Department from Outpatient Providers: A Receiver-Driven Handoff Process Improvement

K DeVore, K Schneider, E Laures, A Harmon… - The Joint Commission …, 2024 - Elsevier
Background Outpatient providers refer to emergency departments (EDs) due to findings
requiring assessment beyond existing capabilities. However, poor communication …

Resource utilization of adult patients referred to the emergency department from an urgent care center

J Chacko, M Podlog, J Basile, A Anjum… - Hospital …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Background The rise of urgent care centers (UCC) continues to serve as an alternative to
emergency departments (ED) for patients with a perceived lower acuity complaint. Patients …

Dealing with patient self-triage

AL Coyle - Nursing2023, 2017 - journals.lww.com
IN THE PAST 20 years, episodic care centers have experienced rapid growth. 1 Episodic
care centers include the ambulatory care centers of retail clinics, urgent care centers …

The moderating effect of gender in urgent care service satisfaction

G Qin, K Boonme, B George… - Quality Management …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
The objective of this study is to investigate the extent to which gender serves as a moderator
in the relationships between healthcare service quality, patient satisfaction, and behavioral …