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www.ahrq.gov/es/patient-safety/settings/hospital/red/toolkit/redtool2.html
March 01, 2013 - Re-Engineered Discharge (RED) Toolkit
Tool 2: How To Begin the Re-engineered Discharge Implementation … current discharge process. … Discharge summary and the discharge plan would have to be transmitted in real time.
… Educates new doctors on safe, effective discharge processes. … Reconcile the discharge plan with national guidelines.
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/red/toolkit/redtool2.html
March 01, 2013 - Re-Engineered Discharge (RED) Toolkit
Tool 2: How To Begin the Re-engineered Discharge Implementation … current discharge process. … Discharge summary and the discharge plan would have to be transmitted in real time.
… Educates new doctors on safe, effective discharge processes. … Reconcile the discharge plan with national guidelines.
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www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/case-studies/201706.html
May 01, 2017 - Pennsylvania Psychiatric Institute Slashes Readmission Rates with AHRQ-based Discharge Program
Search … program modeled after AHRQ's Re-Engineered Discharge (RED) toolkit . … RED tools that provided particular guidance were "How to Deliver the Re-Engineered Discharge," "How to … Conduct a Post-Discharge Followup Phone Call," and "Monitor Implementation and Outcomes," according … During the calls, the nurse reviews discharge instructions and assesses any issues that might require
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/omitted-and-unjustified-medications-discharge-summary
May 18, 2022 - Study
Omitted and unjustified medications in the discharge summary. … Omitted and unjustified medications in the discharge summary. … This study discovered that drug omissions and unjustified medications listed in discharge summaries … Omitted and unjustified medications in the discharge summary. … November 26, 2014
Medication details documented on hospital discharge: cross-sectional
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www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/case-studies/201512.html
May 01, 2015 - AHRQ’s RED Toolkit Helps VA Hospitals in California and Texas Lower Readmissions, Improve Discharge Process … Care System dropped 30 percent after administrators and clinicians implemented AHRQ's Re-Engineered Discharge … The RED toolkit provides guidance to hospitals on comprehensive discharge planning and helps patients … Discharge advocates are designated to support hospital efforts to reduce avoidable readmissions. … Automating that process has significantly streamlined the discharge process.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/standardizing-hospital-discharge-planning-mayo-clinic
October 19, 2022 - Study
Standardizing hospital discharge planning at the Mayo Clinic. … Standardizing hospital discharge planning at the Mayo Clinic. … with the discharge process. … Standardizing hospital discharge planning at the Mayo Clinic. … November 8, 2012
The effects of a 'discharge time-out' on the quality of hospital discharge
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/hospital-discharge-documentation-and-risk-rehospitalisation
March 25, 2015 - Study
Hospital discharge documentation and risk of rehospitalisation. … Hospital discharge documentation and risk of rehospitalisation. … medication reconciliation , discharge summary completion and quality, and patient education—did not … Other studies of specific discharge interventions, such as arranging outpatient follow-up or pharmacist … Hospital discharge documentation and risk of rehospitalisation.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/discharge-instructions-pacu-who-remembers
August 05, 2009 - Discharge Instructions in the PACU: Who Remembers?
Citation Text:
Engel KG. … Discharge Instructions in the PACU: Who Remembers?. PSNet [internet]. … Discharge Instructions in the PACU: Who Remembers?. PSNet [internet]. … A reengineered hospital discharge program to decrease rehospitalization: a randomized trial. … Discharge Instructions in the PACU: Who Remembers?. PSNet [internet].
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/publication/r01hs015084-graumlich-final-report-2007.pdf
January 01, 2007 - The intervention was discharge software with
CPOE versus usual care (handwritten) discharge. … Hospitalists were assigned to discharge software or usual care discharge. … post discharge activities and restrictions, post discharge diet, post
discharge diagnostic and therapeutic … events after discharge. … after discharge.
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www.ahrq.gov/diagnostic-safety/resources/issue-briefs/dxsafety-care-transitions5.html
June 01, 2023 - In one study, 49 percent of patients experienced at least one medical error after discharge, related … record and must be completed within 30 days of discharge. 87 Interventions related to measuring and … Moreover, patients and families often have limited engagement in the decision to discharge. … Lastly, discharge summaries are often unavailable, not timely, too brief or too long, unstandardized, … , and discharge medications. 89 During ICU stays, when patients experience multiple care transitions
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/safer-care-improving-caregiver-comprehension-discharge-instructions
October 26, 2022 - Study
SAFER Care: improving caregiver comprehension of discharge instructions. … SAFER care: improving caregiver comprehension of discharge instructions. … This article describes the development of the SAFER Care framework for written and verbal discharge … /daycare, a ctivity restrictions, f ollow-up plans e xpected symptoms after discharge, when to r … SAFER care: improving caregiver comprehension of discharge instructions.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/improving-discharge-safety-pediatric-emergency-department
June 22, 2022 - Study
Improving discharge safety in a pediatric emergency department. … Improving discharge safety in a pediatric emergency department. … Errors during the discharge process can lead to return visits and adverse health outcomes. … , discharge-related serious safety events and did not result in increased length-of-stay or return visits … Improving discharge safety in a pediatric emergency department.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/quality-improvement-through-implementation-discharge-order-reconciliation
September 23, 2020 - Commentary
Quality improvement through implementation of discharge order reconciliation … Quality improvement through implementation of discharge order reconciliation. … Quality improvement through implementation of discharge order reconciliation. … June 10, 2018
A reengineered hospital discharge program to decrease rehospitalization … January 27, 2012
Improving the discharge process by embedding a discharge facilitator
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/identifying-and-reducing-complications-after-emergency-room-discharge
May 25, 2022 - Newspaper/Magazine Article
Identifying and reducing complications after emergency room discharge … Citation Text:
Identifying and reducing complications after emergency room discharge. … Emergency departments are complex environments that harbor factors that can hinder the discharge process … This magazine article explains how poor emergency department discharge can result in patient harm … March 8, 2023
Incidence and predictors of opioid prescription at discharge after traumatic
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/value-technology-transfer-discharge-information
January 01, 2023 - Adverse events result from poor discharge communication. … Discharge software was studied at a teaching hospital. … The intervention was discharge software with CPOE versus usual care (handwritten) discharge. … Discharge software patients and their outpatient physicians had better perceptions of discharge. … Value of Technology to Transfer Discharge Information - Final Report.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/pending-studies-hospital-discharge-pre-post-analysis-electronic-medical-record-tool-improve
September 16, 2020 - Study
Pending studies at hospital discharge: a pre-post analysis of an electronic … medical record tool to improve communication at hospital discharge. … Pending studies at hospital discharge: a pre-post analysis of an electronic medical record tool to improve … communication at hospital discharge. … communication at hospital discharge.
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www.ahrq.gov/pqmp/measures/written-discharge-instructions.html
August 01, 2021 - Caregivers of children discharged from the hospital who report receiving written discharge instructions
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/use-ehr-metadata-assess-hospital-discharge-planning-post-acute-transitions
January 31, 2025 - Use of Electronic Health Record Metadata to Assess Hospital Discharge Planning for Post-Acute Transitions … health record metadata may help health systems identify gaps, inconsistencies, and inefficiencies in discharge … Incomplete discharge planning puts patients at increased risk of care disruption, complications, and … Identify measures of the discharge planning process that are associated with patient outcomes. … planning tasks and workflows are associated with process (e.g., timely discharge and followup care)
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/toolkits/iowa-case-study.pdf
June 02, 2025 - Discharge Instructions Quality: How the University of Iowa Stead Family Children's Hospital Improved … their Electronic Template for Family/ Caregiver Written Discharge Instructions … At UI Stead Family Children’s Hospital, the discharge summary is a
physician-generated document, while … diagnoses
b) Medication list at discharge
c) Pending test results
d) Follow-up tests that need to … called “What’s Next” which pulls in the follow-up tests ordered at
discharge.
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www.ahrq.gov/es/patient-safety/settings/hospital/red/toolkit/redtool1.html
March 01, 2013 - Reconcile the discharge plan with national guidelines. … Reasons To Re-Engineer Your Discharge Process
The hospital discharge is a complex process requiring … Documents the discharge preparation.
Documents understanding of the discharge plan. … discharge educators to perform these functions. … Tool 3: How To Deliver the Re-Engineered Discharge.