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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/identifying-high-risk-medication-systematic-literature-review
June 27, 2011 - 2012
Clinical outcomes from the use of Medication Report when elderly patients are discharged … November 19, 2014
Potentially inappropriate prescribing in older patients discharged
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/healthcare-system-intervention-safer-use-medicines-elderly-patients-primary-care-qualitative
June 20, 2012 - 2012
Clinical outcomes from the use of Medication Report when elderly patients are discharged … 2009
Medication report reduces number of medication errors when elderly patients are discharged
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/physician-patient-communication-failure-facilitates-medication-errors-older-polymedicated
November 02, 2010 - 2010
Clinical outcomes from the use of Medication Report when elderly patients are discharged … 2009
Medication report reduces number of medication errors when elderly patients are discharged
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/preventable-transfer-hospital
March 31, 2022 - He was eventually discharged to a skilled nursing facility (SNF); however, he was readmitted approximately … progressively shorter despite the increasing complexity of patients, and as a result, patients are often discharged … for High-Risk Patients
When compared to their counterparts who go home from the hospital, patients discharged … contribute to adverse events within the first few weeks after hospital discharge. 9 Indeed, 23% of patients discharged
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/under-pressure-delayed-diagnosis-compartment-syndrome-after-lower-leg-fracture
November 25, 2020 - The patient was discharged that afternoon despite continuing to report extreme pain. … second case, the treating team failed to appreciate symptoms suggesting postoperative CS and instead discharged … Simple and inexpensive processes exist that may identify patients who were discharged prematurely and … In a study of 30,727 members of a commercial health plan, patients discharged after hospitalization who … surgical patients, and has expanded the program to contact patients who are treated and discharged from
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psnet.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/import/webmm.ahrq.gov.227_slideshow.ppt
November 01, 2010 - He was switched to trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole, an antibiotic he could take by mouth, and discharged … Treatment after Discharge (2)
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Transitions in Care
2.3 million ED visits each year by patients discharged … Emergency department visits by persons recently discharged from U.S. hospitals.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/837658/psn-pdf
July 08, 2022 - He was eventually
discharged to a skilled nursing facility (SNF); however, he was readmitted approximately … progressively shorter despite the increasing complexity of patients, and as a
result, patients are often discharged … for High-Risk Patients
When compared to their counterparts who go home from the hospital, patients discharged … contribute to adverse events within the
first few weeks after hospital discharge.9 Indeed, 23% of patients discharged
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psnet.ahrq.gov/innovation/project-boost-increases-patient-understanding-treatment-and-follow-care
February 26, 2025 - Date First Implemented
2005
Problem Addressed
Recently discharged … of readmissions are potentially preventable. 1 One study found that 20 percent of Medicare patients discharged … percent of patients experience at least one medical error after discharge 3 and one in five patients discharged … patients present at follow-up appointments with their primary care providers. 6 Many patients are discharged … physicians have prescribed or when their followup appointments should take place. 10 One study of recently discharged
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/postdischarge-follow-phone-call
May 19, 2021 - The patient improved rapidly over 48 hours and was discharged home (she lived with her daughter and grandson … That afternoon, she received a phone call from the hospital where she had been discharged. … At this hospital, all patients discharged from the medicine service are called by a nurse within 3 days … target only high-risk patients, for example, elderly patients, those with certain diagnoses, or those discharged … follow-up, initiated by a hospital-based health professional, for postdischarge problems in patients discharged
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/866198/psn-pdf
June 26, 2024 - In this survey of 825 patients discharged home after an inpatient care stay, participants reported
that
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/72816/psn-pdf
March 10, 2021 - This cohort study analyzed adverse events occurring among patients
discharged from the ED with cardiovascular
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/73300/psn-pdf
July 01, 2022 - Kentucky
E-mail: mark.will@uky.edu
Date First Implemented
2005-01-01
Problem Addressed
Recently discharged … of readmissions are potentially preventable.1 One study found that 20 percent of Medicare patients
discharged … percent of patients experience at least one medical error
after discharge3 and one in five patients discharged … when patients present at follow-up appointments with their primary care
providers.6 Many patients are discharged … physicians have prescribed or when
their followup appointments should take place.10 One study of recently discharged
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/838855/psn-pdf
October 27, 2022 - The patient was discharged home with family members, with
instructions to follow up “as needed,” as … The patient was admitted
overnight for observation and discharged the next day after treatment with … expected recovery trajectory, and the milestones that must be
achieved before the patient can be safely discharged … response from the radiologist was too late to ensure patient safety as it occurred after
the patient was discharged … interpretation and communication of the CXR results did not happen until after the patient had been
discharged
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/computerized-order-entry-limited-decision-support-prevent-prescription-errors-picu
January 31, 2018 - 2012
Clinical outcomes from the use of Medication Report when elderly patients are discharged … 2009
Medication report reduces number of medication errors when elderly patients are discharged
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/35399/psn-pdf
February 24, 2011 - issue/patient-reports-undesirable-events-during-hospitalization
The authors surveyed adults recently discharged
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/delayed-recognition-positive-blood-culture
January 29, 2020 - After improvement in her symptoms, the patient was discharged 2 days after admission with instructions … Unaware that the patient required treatment for listeriosis, the team discharged her. … attending's inbox in the electronic health record, he did not see the result until well after the patient was discharged … She was eventually discharged and did well.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/46123/psn-pdf
January 01, 2020 - The authors recommend further study to identify best handoff practices
for patients discharged from
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/837736/psn-pdf
July 27, 2022 - After analyzing data for
pediatric patients discharged from a single children’s hospital, researchers
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/838913/psn-pdf
October 26, 2022 - communication-during-interhospital-transfers-emergency-general-surgery-patients-qualitative
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/interhospital-transfer-patients-discharged-academic-hospitalists-and-general-internists
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/50453/psn-pdf
October 09, 2019 - This study found that a post-PICU sedation weaning guideline can reduce the number of children
discharged