Discharge Planning Advisor Archives – February 1, 2010
February 1, 2010
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New research sheds light on improving discharge process for coronary patients
Several new studies highlight the need for more thorough discharge planning in the care of coronary and congestive heart failure patients. Such patients often are elderly and susceptible to adverse events and drug-drug interactions from standard medication treatment. -
Lack of adherence in heart failure therapy
When research suggests changes in standard medical practice, the public health community expects physicians and hospitals to adopt the new way and help improve patient outcomes. -
Improve DP with interdisciplinary focus
A regional hospital in a Southern rural state found that its hospital discharge process improved when the institution focused on refining its goals and improving collaboration between disciplines. -
Want to start the "huddle?" Here's how one hospital does it
When hospitals start a discharge planning huddle, the key is to make it brief, an expert says. -
Sharing resources helps create cost-effective DP
As hospitals nationwide seek ways to reduce their readmission rates and improve quality, they are having to make improvements with fewer resources. -
Electronic formats mean it's time for change
When the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) Charleston, SC, prepared to switch to computerized provider order entry (CPOE), one of the first steps for the staff focused on discharge planning was to revise the discharge order set. -
Study: Hospital patients lack knowledge
A new study published in the Journal of Hospital Medicine highlights the problem of hospital patients being unaware of their own medications.