Utilization of telemedicine to provide post-discharge care: A comparison of pre-pandemic vs. pandemic care.

Background: Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, post-discharge virtual visits transitioned from a novel intervention to standard practice. Our aim was to evaluate participation in and outcomes of virtual post-discharge visits in the early-pandemic timeframe.

Methods: Pandemic cohort patients were compared to historical patients.

Association of race and acute kidney injury among patients admitted with Coronavirus disease of 2019 (COVID-19).

Background: COVID-19 is a multi-organ system disease, and rates of acute kidney injury (AKI) have varied significantly. Our objective was to evaluate the prevalence of AKI among hospitalized COVID-19-positive patients in a large hospital system in the Southeast of the USA.

Materials And Methods: This was a cohort study of admitted patients discharged between March 1, 2020 and April 30, 2020 at Atrium Health who had tested positive for COVID-19 by polymerase chain reaction testing of a nasopharyngeal swab.

Protocol for a two-arm pragmatic stepped-wedge hybrid effectiveness-implementation trial evaluating Engagement and Collaborative Management to Proactively Advance Sepsis Survivorship (ENCOMPASS).

Background: Sepsis survivors experience high morbidity and mortality, and healthcare systems lack effective strategies to address patient needs after hospital discharge. The Sepsis Transition and Recovery (STAR) program is a navigator-led, telehealth-based multicomponent strategy to provide proactive care coordination and monitoring of high-risk patients using evidence-driven, post-sepsis care tasks. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of STAR to improve outcomes for sepsis patients and to examine contextual factors that influence STAR implementation.