Safety Threats and Opportunities to Improve Interfacility Care Transitions; Insights from Patients and Family Members
by Jeffs L., et al. Patient Prefer Adherence. 2012;6:711-8. doi: 10.2147/PPA.S36797. Epub 2012 Oct 5. This paper explores family members' detected safety threats across care transitions and strategies that may improve care transitions from acute care hospitals to complex continuing care and rehabilitation health care organizations.
The cost of family-oriented communication before air medical inter facility transport
by Macnab et al. Air Med Journal. 2001 Jul-Aug;20(4):20-2. Communication with parents by transport teams can ease stress associated with transferring children to tertiary care. This paper reports on a study conducted to determine the duration of family-oriented visits prior to transfer and potential additional costs and benefits.
Should parents accompany pediatric inter facility ground ambulance transports? Results of a national survey of pediatric transport team managers.
by Woodward, et al. Pediatric Emergency Care. 2001 Feb;17(1):22-7. This paper reports results of a survey of parents and specialty transport team members regarding value of parents accompanying the pediatric patient during inter facility transport, a period of time of family unit high stress.