An effective hospital discharge process created by Cleveland Clinic is pivotal in the handoff of patients to postacute-care providers. Hospital discharge is a complex process involving the primary ...

The Society of Hospital Medicine offers a free patient/family discharge planning checklist as part of its Clinical Toolbox for Geriatric Care. The checklist is designed to help patients prepare for ...

A free discharge checklist and care transition plan for patients is available from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation as part of its Care About Your Care program. Care About Your Care is an RWJF ...

A free patient/family discharge planning checklist is available from the Society of Hospital Medicine. The checklist is designed to help patients prepare for their transition from the hospital to home ...

Complimentary checklists for discharging acute myocardial infarction and heart failure patients are available from TMF Health Quality Institute, Texas’ quality improvement organization. The one-page ...

A growing body of evidence supporting safety and benefits has persuaded many hospitals to consider a switch to same-day discharge following PCI, but just how to get started may prove daunting. Now, a ...

As anyone who has been a patient or a visitor at a hospital knows, they're often confusing, chaotic places. By the time you learn the routines and the rules, with any luck you're recovered and on your ...

As a pilot site of Hospital Course Summary, Fraser Health captured feedback from providers using the tool. More than 95% of users said they would recommend the tool to a colleague and 87% reported a ...

QI in healthcare are often seen as large projects, but daily clinical work already involves quality improvement activities ...

Empowering surgical patients with the necessary information to make informed decisions and to cope after surgery may be hindered by many factors such as timing of information (Valanis & Rumpler, 1985) ...