Nursing Home to Emergency Care Transition Form Has Limited Uptake But Improves Documentation

Critical information gaps exist in nursing home–to–emergency department (NH-ED) transfer documentation. Standardization of forms may address these gaps. In a single state, a Continuity of Care Acute Care Transfer (CoC) Form was standardized and mandated to be used for all NH-ED transfers. The objective of this study was to evaluate adoption and effectiveness of the standardized CoC form. We used a random cross-sectional sample of 2019–2022 electronic health record encounter data to determine NH-ED documentation completeness after standardized CoC form implementation.