Timely Transmission of Transition Record (Discharges From an Inpatient Facility to Home/Self Care or Any Other Site of Care)
Identifying Attributes
Care Settings
Country
Publishing Organisation
Type of Quality Indicator
IOM Quality Dimension
Domain
Defining Attributes
Definition
Percentage of patients, regardless of age, discharged from an inpatient facility to home or any other site of care for whom a transition record was transmitted to the facility or primary physician or other health care professional designated for follow-up care within 24 hours of discharge.
Numerator
Number of patients for whom a transition record was transmitted to the facility or primary physician or other health care professional designated for follow-up care within 24 hours of discharge.
Denominator
Total number of patients, regardless of age, discharged from an inpatient facility to home/self care or any other site of care.
Exclusions
Patients who died, Patients who left against medical advice or discontinued care.
Use of Risk Adjustment
Risk Adjustments
None
Stratifications
Data Attributes
Type of Data Collection
Data Collection Methods
Claims Data; Electronic Health Record/ Paper Medical Records.
Frequency of Data Collection
Frequency of Data Collection in Days
Reporting Methods
Inpatient Psychiatric Facility Quality Reporting Program (CMS and Providers) CMS Care Compare - Hospitals and Provider Compare (Publicly reported).
Reporting Frequency
Reporting Frequency in Days
Indicator Has Recommended Targets
Source and Reference Attributes
Evidence Source
Benjenk I, Shields M, Chen J. Measures of Care Coordination at Inpatient Psychiatric Facilities and the Medicare 30-Day All-Cause Readmission Rate. Psychiatr Serv. 2020 Oct 1;71(10):1031-1038. doi: 10.1176/appi.ps.201900360. Epub 2020 Aug 25. PMID: 32838680; PMCID: PMC7837251. data.cms.gov/provider-data/topics/hospitals/psychiatric-unit-services data.cms.gov/provider-data/topics/hospitals/measures-and-current-data-collection-periods Reported on data.cms.gov/provider-data/dataset/dc76-gh7x