Articles Tagged With: discharge
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Care Transitions Clinic Reduces Hospitalizations, ED Visits
The results of a recent study revealed a care transitions clinic can reduce emergency department discharge time and increase the clinic’s rate of successful transition to community primary care. Intervening within 72 hours of discharge is important for patient engagement and facilitating education about their health and care management. -
Test Ordering Mistakes Are Issue in Most Diagnosis-Related ED Malpractice Claims
Team training — on communication skills, monitoring patients, and sharing information while the patient still is in the ED — can ensure the correct tests are ordered and acted on. -
Ways Case Managers Can Improve Disaster Planning
Effective disaster planning requires improved annual preparedness training, better focus on patient transition, more emphasis on rehabilitation after discharge, strengthened teams, and transitions of care contingencies.
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COVID-19 Pandemic Put Pioneering Capacity Command Center to the Test
No knew the world would be in the grips of COVID-19 in 2016. That is when Johns Hopkins Hospital unveiled a first-of-its-kind Capacity Command Center (CCC), a high-tech control room designed to apply all the latest analytical tools to bed management, patient transfers, and surge planning. CCC leaders have spent the last five years working around the clock to optimize patient flow and anticipate any potential bottlenecks. But there is no question the concept has been put to the test by pandemic conditions. How did it fare?
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Ethical Responses Needed if Clinicians Say Discharge Is Unsafe
For some patients, there are no caregivers at home. Others may be living in unsafe conditions. Ethicists can help by brainstorming scenarios, and trying to connect resources accordingly.
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Accommodating Expanded ASC Orthopedic, Spine Procedures
Some patients will need pain control and monitoring beyond the 23 hours, 59 minutes recovery window CMS allows in an ambulatory surgery center. While there are no uniform solutions that solve all problems for everyone, there are some options that can help.
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Age, BMI, Gender Among Factors Affecting Same-Day Surgery Discharge Rate
Total knee arthroplasty procedures are less likely to lead to successful same-day discharge among patients who are older, female, nonwhite, with a body mass index of 35 kg/m2 or higher, living with primary hypertension, and living with other comorbidities, according to the results of a recent paper.
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PATH-s Tool Helps Caregivers Understand What Is Needed
Researchers developed a transition care tool that helps caregivers better understand their role and what is expected of them in supporting and caring for patients. A new study on the Preparedness Assessment for the Transition Home After Stroke revealed what caregivers understand about patients’ disease and their own role.
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Does Prescription of Contraception During the Postpartum Hospitalization Affect Postpartum Visit Adherence?
In this retrospective cohort study of 1,015 women at one institution, there was no association between type of contraceptive prescribed immediately postpartum and attendance at the postpartum visit.
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Is it Safe to Discharge Patients Without an Opioid Prescription After Gynecologic Surgery?
In this quality improvement initiative study, patients undergoing scheduled gynecologic abdominal surgery via both minimally invasive and open routes were able to be discharged safely without a prescription of opioids without significant increases in postoperative calls about pain or the need for filling opioid prescriptions after discharge.