Using Post-discharge Home Visitation to Improve Cultural Sensitivity and Patient-centered Discharge Planning by Internal Medicine Trainees.

Background: Patient-centered discharge planning improves transitional care and health outcomes for vulnerable adults. The HOME Initiative was an educational intervention aiming to improve trainees' patient-centered discharge planning skills.

Methods: Using a quasi-experimental design, 52 internal medicine residents at an academic medical center were randomized to intervention or control in 2014-2015.