Increasing Follow Up With Primary Care Providers After Emergency Department Visits in Older Adults

CONCLUSION: Follow up after ED discharge led to increased coordination of care. Nurses provided education about chronic conditions and reiterated discharge instructions that might have been unclear to patients in the ED. Further studies are needed to analyze the effect of follow up with the PCP on ED utilization and hospital admissions. [Journal of Gerontological Nursing, 50(3), 33-39.].PMID:38417074 | DOI:10.3928/00989134-20240208-02
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