HFA Process
Common Hospital Follow-Up Types
Why HFA Matters
Timing is Everything
Patient Education
100

Patients with a risk score of 5 and above followed by an SMG hospitalist get scheduled with what resource?  

What is Care Connection?

100

Patients often follow up with this provider after being discharged.

What is a primary care provider?

100

This is the main goal of a hospital follow-up appointment.

What is to ensure safety and improve patient outcomes?

100

Most follow-ups should occur within this timeframe after discharge.

What is within 7 days of discharge.

100

Patients should be instructed to bring this to follow-up visits.

What is After Visit Summary?

200

The patients who have a PCP get scheduled with who?  

What is their PCP?

200

Heart failure patients commonly follow up with this specialty.

What is cardiology?

200

Follow-up appointments help reduce this common hospital quality metric.

What are hospital readmissions?

200

High-risk patients may need to follow up within these many days.

What is within 3–4 days?

200

Teach patients to call their PCP if they experience these after discharge.

What are worsening symptoms?

300

Patients with a risk score of 4 and below who have a smart device and are followed by a SMG hospitalist get scheduled with what resource?  

What is the Virtual Access Care team?

300

Patients with an SMG PCP are scheduled using what Epic tool.

What is One-Click?

300

Patients discharged without follow-up are at higher risk for this.

What is readmission back to our hospital?

300

This type of appointment is often scheduled before discharge.

What is a primary care visit?

300

This method confirms patient understanding of follow-up appointments scheduled.

What is teach-back?

400

Patients with a risk score of 1-4 who are followed by a Surgeon get scheduled with what resource?  

What is the surgery team as a post-op appointment?

400

If One-Click does not have any appointments, you can schedule with an alternate provider using what Epic tool.

What is Book-it?

400

Follow-ups allow providers to review this after discharge.

What is the After Visit Summary?

400

Weekend or holiday discharges require extra attention to this.

What is to schedule in advance before the holidays?  

400

Transportation issues are an example of this type of barrier.

What are social determinants of health?

500

Patients who have no insurance get scheduled with what resource  

What is the ACC?  

500

Virtual follow-ups using technology are called this.

What is telehealth?

500

This care approach focuses on continuity after discharge.

What is transitional care?

500

Delayed follow-up can increase the risk of this outcome.

What is readmission or ER return?

500

Written and verbal instructions help reduce this patient's issue.

What is confusion?

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