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Robotic-arm assisted total knee arthroplasty is associated with improved early functional recovery and reduced time to hospital discharge compared with conventional jig-based total knee arthroplasty

The Bone & Joint Journal, 2018
Aims The objective of this study was to compare early postoperative functional outcomes and time to hospital discharge between conventional jig‐based total knee arthroplasty (TKA) and robotic‐arm assisted TKA. Patients and Methods This prospective cohort
B. Kayani, S. Konan, J. Tahmassebi, J. Pietrzak, F. Haddad   +4 more
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GP perspectives on hospital discharge letters: an interview and focus group study

BJGP Open, 2020
Background: Written discharge communication following inpatient or outpatient clinic discharge is essential for communicating information to the GP, but GPs’ opinions on discharge communication are seldom sought.
Katharine Weetman, Jeremy Dale, Rachel Spencer, Emma Scott, Stephanie Schnurr   +4 more
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The bare minimum of information at discharge after acute coronary syndrome. Part 2: the quality improvement project

Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease, 2015
An Acute Coronary Syndrome is a fine example of the communicative difficulties that precede and characterize hospital discharge. In recent years, due to the rapid changes in therapeutic approaches, hospitalizations have become extremely brief.
Francesco Fattirolli, Elisabetta Angelino   +1 more
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Patient Outcomes After Hospital Discharge to Home With Home Health Care vs to a Skilled Nursing Facility.

JAMA Internal Medicine, 2019
Importance Use of postacute care is common and costly in the United States, but there is significant uncertainty about whether the choice of postacute care setting matters.
Rachel M. Werner, Norma B. Coe, Mingyu Qi, R. Konetzka   +3 more
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Identifying Influential Factors of the Patient Discharge Process from ShafaTakestan Hospital in Qazvin City

Journal of Evidence Based Health Policy, Management & Economics, 2020
Background:The process of the patient discharge from the hospital is one of the most important processes that has been taken into consideration by managers in recent years.
Parisa Rahmani, Rafat Mohebbifar, Sima Rafiei   +2 more
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Safe Medication Management for Polymedicated Home-Dwelling Older Adults after Hospital Discharge: A Qualitative Study of Older Adults, Informal Caregivers and Healthcare Professionals’ Perspectives

Nursing Reports, 2022
Safe medication management is particularly challenging among polymedicated home-dwelling older adults after hospital discharge. This study aimed to identify and categorise the stressors experienced and reconstitution strategies adopted by older adults ...
Filipa Pereira, Marion Bieri, Maria Manuela Martins, María del Río Carral, Henk Verloo   +4 more
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Incidence and cost of medication harm in older adults following hospital discharge: a multicentre prospective study in the UK

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 2018
Polypharmacy is increasingly common in older adults, placing them at risk of medication‐related harm (MRH). Patients are particularly vulnerable to problems with their medications in the period following hospital discharge due to medication changes and ...
N. Parekh, K. Ali, J. Stevenson, J. G. Davies, R. Schiff, T. V. D. van der Cammen, J. Harchowal, J. Raftery, C. Rajkumar   +8 more
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The Decision of Discharging a Patient from the Hospital: Case (Neurological) Report with Legal Implications

Indian Journal of Neurosurgery
Patient safety is an important aspect of patient care following the discharge from the hospital (having gone through the required treatment). A transition from hospital care to domestic care/community care to a discharged patient is another complex ...
Rishabh Kumar, Raj Kumar, Shailesh Tripathi, Rajesh Kumar Verma   +3 more
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Frequency and trends of hospital treated pesticide poisonings in Germany 2000–2014

GMS German Medical Science, 2017
Objectives: To analyze the occurrence, trends, and patterns of hospital treated pesticide poisonings in Germany Methods: Data from the German diagnoses statistics of hospital discharges are analyzed for the years 2000–2014.
Moebus, Susanne, Boedeker, Wolfgang
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Learning from Practice: How East Lancashire Hospitals’ Pharmacy Service Has Embraced Information Technology

Pharmacy, 2020
The ethos of the pharmacy service at East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust (ELHT) could be described as ‘let’s make things better’. We have a history of innovation involving technology and people; one without the other does not work but together they are ...
Alistair Gray, Clare Mackie, William Price, Emma Coupe, Susan Holgate, Emma Watson, John Eatough, Neil Fletcher, Karen Hodson, Efi Mantzourani   +9 more
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