Steps to improve the direct admission process include:

Simplify the process by eliminating redundant steps and avoiding multiple handoffs.
Ensure prompt evaluation or triage of patients upon their initial arrival at the hospital to determine if urgent care is needed.
Create a nurse-supervised care initiation unit, or its equivalent, to expedite the initial admission evaluation.
Minimize loss of information transfer by increasing hospitalists' access to outpatient medical records.
Nita S. Kulkarni, MD Instructor, Division of Hospital Medicine Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Mark V. Williams, MD Professor & Chief, Division of Hospital Medicine Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine