Unplanned Care

Whether a patient’s condition is life-threatening or less acute, the Emergency Department is the place to receive the immediate care they need. Some patients may require admission to an acute care setting, while others may not.

Guardian Healthcare may help identify appropriate patients that could benefit from home healthcare services by collaborating with Emergency Departments.

Our multidisciplinary care management teams may also prevent avoidable emergency department visits through comprehensive patient assessment and education, including signs and symptom awareness, medication management and chronic care disease progression.

The Guardian Healthcare Emergency Care Model

Assess Comprehensive in-home assessment, including risk for falls Development of an evidence-based plan of care, including medication management and reconciliation Early identification of healthcare risks to avoid unnecessary adverse events	Collaborate A multidisciplinary care management team approach with the patient and caregiver Sharing of real-time medication reconciliation to help provide emergency department decision support Emergency department staff education to help identify patients requiring home healthcare services Collaboration with nurses, social workers, case managers, dietitians, pharmacists, and physicians to help avoid exacerbations	Support Individualized patient care plans replete with expected patient outcomes, symptom awareness and action plans to reduce preventable hospitalizations and emergency department visits Telephonic coaching and/or telehealth services for patient and caregiver reinforcement and engagement

The Guardian Healthcare Emergency Care Model

Assess

Comprehensive in-home assessment, including risk for falls
Development of an evidence-based plan of care, including medication management and reconciliation
Early identification of healthcare risks to avoid unnecessary adverse events

Collaborate

A multidisciplinary care management team approach with the patient and caregiver
Sharing of real-time medication reconciliation to help provide emergency department decision support
Emergency department staff education to help identify patients requiring home healthcare services
Collaboration with nurses, social workers, case managers, dietitians, pharmacists, and physicians to help avoid exacerbations

Support

Individualized patient care plans replete with expected patient outcomes, symptom awareness and action plans to reduce preventable hospitalizations and emergency department visits
Telephonic coaching and/or telehealth services for patient and caregiver reinforcement and engagement

Did You Know?

Among older adults (those 65 or older), falls are the leading cause of injury death. They are also the most common cause of nonfatal injuries and hospital admissions for trauma.^*

* Centers for Disease Control. Falls Among Older Adults: An Overview. 2012