UK hospital patient discharge: the patient perspective. [PDF]
Eur J Hosp Pharm, 2017 Objectives: Hospital discharge is a complex process that can result in errors and delays for patients, particularly around the supply of medicines and communication of information.
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Readability of Patient Discharge Instructions. [PDF]
J Gen Intern Med, 2022 Burns ST +4 more
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A Quality Improvement Approach to Early Patient Discharge. [PDF]
Pediatr Qual Saf, 2021 Introduction: Lack of bed availability is a common problem in our pediatric unit, as in many hospitals. To address this issue, we instituted a quality improvement (QI) initiative involving collaborative nurse–physician rounding.
Stansbury N, Marlow Taylor R, Wueste B.
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Patient discharge from intensive care: an updated scoping review to identify tools and practices to inform high-quality care. [PDF]
Crit Care, 2021 Background Critically ill patients require complex care and experience unique needs during and after their stay in the intensive care unit (ICU). Discharging or transferring a patient from the ICU to a hospital ward or back to community care (under the ...
Plotnikoff KM +10 more
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The tension between carrying a burden and feeling like a burden: a qualitative study of informal caregivers' and care recipients' experiences after patient discharge from hospital. [PDF]
Int J Qual Stud Health Well-being, 2021 Purpose: The number of people aged 80 and above is projected to triple over the next 30 years. Expanding public expenditure on long-term care servicesHas made policies encouraged informal caregiving.
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GP perspectives on hospital discharge letters: an interview and focus group study [PDF]
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 +4 more
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Clostridioides (Formerly Clostridium) difficile Infection During Hospitalization Increases the Likelihood of Nonhome Patient Discharge. [PDF]
Clin Infect Dis, 2019 BACKGROUND Clostridioides (formerly Clostridium) difficile infection (CDI) is associated with significant morbidity and mortality, including frequent hospitalizations. However, the impact of CDI after hospital discharge is poorly understood.
Reveles KR +6 more
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Improving the patient discharge process: implementing actions derived from a soft systems methodology study. [PDF]
Health Syst (Basingstoke), 2019 In the period from January 2013 to July 2014, three process change initiatives were undertaken at a major UK hospital to improve the patient discharge process. These initiatives were inspired by the findings of a study of the discharge process using Soft
Emes M, Smith S, Ward S, Smith A.
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Using Six Sigma DMAIC Methodology and Discrete Event Simulation to Reduce Patient Discharge Time in King Hussein Cancer Center. [PDF]
J Healthc Eng, 2018 Short discharge time from hospitals increases both bed availability and patients' and families' satisfaction. In this study, the Six Sigma process improvement methodology was applied to reduce patients' discharge time in a cancer treatment hospital. Data
Arafeh M +6 more
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Predictors for Non-Home Patient Discharge Following Elective Adult Spinal Deformity Surgery. [PDF]
Global Spine J, 2018 Study Design: Retrospective cohort study. Objectives: Adult spinal deformity (ASD) surgery encompasses a wide variety of spinal disorders and is associated with a morbidity rate between 20% and 80%.
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