The perceptions of discharge readiness differ among caregivers and providers. An efficient planning process ensures timely attainment of discharge readiness. Our aim was to increase the percentage of ...

Examination of factors associated with discharge lag time and how this metric plays an important role in managing hospital throughput. Objectives: The purpose of this study was to examine the factors ...

This study demonstrates that the implementation of a discharge navigation program led to earlier writing of discharge orders and patient release from the hospital. Objectives: The aim of this study ...

To submit a legal/professional nursing question for future consideration, write to the editor at syox@medscape.net (Include "Ask the Expert" in subject line.) A nurse asks about attending physician or ...

A new approach to hospital discharges at UCLA reduced the time patients spend waiting to leave the hospital by nearly 50% for four common diagnoses and improved length of hospital stay by 2.5 days, ...

Oct. 12, 2004 (San Francisco) — A review of discharge analgesic prescriptions given to pediatric patients at Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions in Baltimore, Maryland, found that 50% of the ...

The period after hospitalization has been well documented as a high-risk period during which patients are vulnerable to adverse health outcomes including readmission and death 1. One-fifth of Medicare ...