Emergency Department U-Turn

ED U-Turn is an integral part of the cardiopulmonary program. We provide follow-up visits for patients evaluated in the Emergency Department within a predetermined period of time to prevent rehospitalization.

Benefits of ED U-Turn:

• Patients receive additional care and services in the home setting to achieve optimal outcomes.
• Decreased return visits to the Emergency Department
• Increased patient and physician satisfaction
• Patients will have access to services that may include Nursing, Telehealth, PT, OT, Speech Therapy, Disease Case Management programs, Respiratory Therapy, Medical Equipment, Enterostomal Nursing and Behavioral Health
• Homecare Triage nurse available to take after hours phone calls

Continuum of Care

The Ed U-Turn process involves initial agreement and coordination between:

• Emergency Department Attending Physician
• Patient's PCP
• Home Health Clinician

Diagnoses

Patients with the following low risk diagnoses may be considered for the Global Ed U-Turn process:

• Wound Care
• Congestive Heart Failure (CHF)
• Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)/Asthma
• Urinary Tract Infections (UTIs)
• Falls and chronic ambulation problems
• Altered mental status with no acute documented alteration in the ED and no acute findings in the ED workup
• DNR patients requiring palliative care
• Hypoglycemia (non-recurrent) in Diabetics