Patients who are discharged after vascular surgeries to treat a wide range of ailments involving heart and blood flow issues are far more likely to be readmitted to the hospital for a preventable ...

“I didn’t know what to do, so I came back,” said my in-the-dark patient. He was calling me from the emergency department (ED), 5 days after I had discharged him from the hospital for an abdominal ...

Throughout her career, Lori Popejoy provided hands-on clinical care in a variety of health care settings, from hospitals and nursing homes to community centers and home health care agencies. She ...

To evaluate the effectiveness of implementing American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) discharge guidelines in reducing unplanned hospital readmissions within 30 days post-discharge among term ansd late ...

Hospitals that involved family members or unpaid caregivers into the discharge planning process had a 25% reduction in the risk of elderly patients being readmitted within 90 days. () A new study ...

Lees L (2010) Exploring the principles of best practice discharge to ensure patient involvement. Nursing Times; 106: 25, 10-14. Recent guidance features 10 practical steps to improve the process of ...

Planning a patient’s discharge the day they are admitted is important — but not enough to fix the complex bottlenecks that slow hospital throughput and lead to emergency department boarding. These ...

Patients are being put at risk because of a lack of staff awareness about discharging them from hospital, a report has said. Terminally ill patients with days left to live are among those this has ...