The association of workforce configurations with length of stay and charges in hospitalized patients with congestive heart failure
Cardiologists, alone, cannot shoulder the burden of improving patient outcomes. Care team configuration data within electronic health record systems of hospitals could be an effective method of isolating and tracking high-risk patients. Registered nurses may be particularly effective in advancing real-time risk stratification by applying the Van Walraven Elixhauser Comorbidity Score at the point of care, improving the ability of health systems to match care demand with workforce availability.
Authors
- Taren Swindle (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7231-6002)
- Taiquitha Robins (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4828-325X)
- Maryam Y. Garza (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2652-5935)
- Anthony N. Price (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6907-7554)
- Tremaine B. Williams (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4902-3038)
- Pearman D. Parker (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1832-0945)
- Emel Seker (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-4107-7213)
- Alisha Crump (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7552-8964)
- Kevin W. Sexton (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1460-9867)
Institutions
- University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Frontiers in Health Services
- Published
- 2024-12-23
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/frhs.2024.1411409
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Heart Failure Treatment and Management
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.80
Funders
- University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
- Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin Research Institute
- National Institutes of Health
- National Institute of Nursing Research
- National Institute of General Medical Sciences
- National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences