Self-reported gaps in care coordination and preventable adverse outcomes among older adults receiving home health care.
Madeline R SterlingJennifer LauMangala RajanMonika M SaffordOluwasegun Philip AkinyelureLisa M KernPublished in: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (2022)
HHC recipients were significantly more likely (than those without HHC) to report a potentially preventable adverse event (particularly a drug-drug interaction), suggesting an opportunity to improve patient safety by leveraging the observations of older adults receiving HHC.