Tuesday August 14, 2012
INTERACT
(Interventions to Reduce
Acute Care
Transfers) is a quality improvement program that
focuses on the management of acute change n resident condition.
The INTERACT
program is designed to improve the early identification,
assessment, documentation, and communication about changes in the
status of residents in skilled nursing facilities.
The INTERACT goal
is to improves care and reduce the frequency of potentially
avoidable transfers to the acute hospital. Transfers to the
hospital can be emotionally and physically difficult for residents,
and result in numerous complications of hospitalization, and they
are costly.
In the plans for health care reform, Medicare may financially
reward facilities with lower hospitalization rates for certain
conditions. By improving the identification, evaluation, and
communication about changes in resident status, some, but not all
acute care transfers can be avoided.
The attached pdf Transitions and Long-Term Care:
Reducing Preventable Hospital Readmissions Among Nursing Facility
Residents explains what INTERACT is and how to use
the quality improvement tool.
Reducing Preventable Hospital Readmissions Among Nursing Facility
Residents
TheINTERACT web
site; www.interact2.net is
a free web site for facility use in decreasing acute care
transfers. The web site contains information about INTERACT,
INTERACT II Tools, Educational Resources, and Links to Other
Resources.