HIGHLIGHTS FROM REMEDY’S INNOVATION COLLABORATIVE
OCTOBER 1ST AND 2ND, 2015 | BALTIMORE, MD
Eric Hume, MD, orthopedic surgeon and Director of Quality and Safety for Orthopedics
at Penn Medicine, described acute and post acute care collaboration for joint replacement patients. He emphasized Collaborative Pathways – which specify interventions spanning
a recovery period – to assure a safe transition between acute and post acute care. Penn Medicine uses an Acute Transfer Tool to assure necessary information is included in the patient transfer such as: