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www.ahrq.gov/pqmp/measures/outpatient-follow-up.html
August 01, 2021 - Children discharged from the hospital should have documentation in their hospital medical record that
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www.ahrq.gov/pqmp/measures/offered-assistance-scheduling.html
August 01, 2021 - Caregivers of children discharged from the hospital should report being offered assistance in scheduling
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www.ahrq.gov/pqmp/measures/preferred-language.html
August 01, 2021 - Caregivers of children discharged from the hospital whose preferred language is other than English should
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www.ahrq.gov/pqmp/measures/opportunity-ask-questions.html
August 01, 2021 - Caregivers of children discharged from the hospital should report that, prior to their child’s most recent
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/using-health-information-technology-improve-transitions-complex-elderly
January 01, 2023 - a medication reconciliation intervention for medication monitoring and followup of elderly patients discharged … The study identified several additional important issues, including that older adults discharged from … personnel costs required to implement an automated alert system for ambulatory physicians when patients are discharged … personnel costs required to implement an automated alert system for ambulatory physicians when patients are discharged
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www.ahrq.gov/talkingquality/translate/labels/describe-source.html
November 01, 2018 - Percent of heart attack patients in 2014 who received a prescription for a beta-blocker when they were discharged … For example:
“300 patients discharged from the hospital in the last 60 days answered a survey question
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/news-and-events/events/webinars/cahps-emergency-dept-webinar-survey-admin.pdf
June 02, 2025 - Director,
RAND
ED CAHPS Patient Eligibility
Eligible ED patients:
Adults (18 and older)
Discharged … to home
23
ED CAHPS Ineligible Patients
Ineligible patients:
Age 17 or younger
Not discharged
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/postdischarge-adverse-events-among-neonates-admitted-neonatal-intensive-care-unit
October 05, 2022 - Post-discharge events, such as medication errors , can occur among pediatric patients discharged from … This prospective cohort, including infants discharged from one level 4 NICU between February 2017 and
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/scaling-equipped-medication-safety-program-traditional-and-hub-and-spoke-implementation
January 19, 2022 - The Enhancing Quality of Prescribing Practices for Older Adults Discharged from the Emergency Department … safety program targets potentially inappropriate medication (PIM) prescribing among older adults discharged
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/day-discharge-does-not-impact-hospital-readmission-after-major-cardiac-surgery
October 16, 2019 - This retrospective study found that patients undergoing elective cardiac surgery who were discharged … the weekend or a holiday did not experience higher odds of all-cause 30-day readmission than patients discharged
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/what-happens-medication-regimens-older-adults-during-and-after-acute-hospitalization
May 19, 2021 - This cohort study of elderly patients discharged from the medical service at a teaching hospital found … 2011
Medication report reduces number of medication errors when elderly patients are discharged
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/machine-learning-enhance-electronic-detection-diagnostic-errors
December 18, 2024 - to identify possible missed opportunities in diagnosis (MODs) among a large cohort of VA patients discharged … June 8, 2022
Missed serious neurologic conditions in emergency department patients discharged
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/policymakers/chipra/overview/background/measures-CC-5.pdf
December 17, 2010 - years of age and older who were hospitalized for treatment of
selected mental health disorders and discharged … years of age and older who were hospitalized for treatment of
selected mental health disorders and discharged
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hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/factsandfigures/2009/pdfs/FF_2009_exhibit1_4.pdf
January 01, 2009 - The number of stays discharged to follow-on care has increased as the average length of stay has … by Payer, 2009
Uninsured and Medicaid stays accounted for over half (52 percent) of all stays discharged … Medicare-covered discharges accounted for 27 percent of stays discharged against medical advice
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www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/care/coordination/atlas/chapter4tab4.html
June 01, 2014 - Transmit Information About a Hospital Admission g
This objective includes 2 measures: (1) Patients discharged … online within 36 hours of discharge; and (2) Patients (or their authorized representatives) who are discharged … Transmit Information About a Hospital Admission g
This objective includes 2 measures: (1) Patients discharged … online within 36 hours of discharge; and (2) Patients (or their authorized representatives) who are discharged
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/discharge-against-medical-advice
July 01, 2017 - two groups.( 5 ) No specific factors have been found to strongly predict readmission among patients discharged … risk of death, as no study has compared mortality rates among patients leaving AMA to those formally discharged … rates and may be at increased risk of serious adverse health consequences when compared with normally discharged … Patients discharged against medical advice from a general medicine service. … Characteristics of patients with pneumonia who are discharged from hospitals against medical advice.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/emergency-department-discharge-prescription-interventions-emergency-medicine-pharmacists
September 22, 2021 - This cohort study found that ED pharmacists intervened in 10.1% of prescriptions written for patients discharged … Related Resources From the Same Author(s)
Incidence of prescription errors in patients discharged
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/evidencenow/results/research/aspirin-narrative.pdf
December 31, 2018 - Antithrombotic
Measure Narrative
Description
Percentage of patients 18 years of age and older who were discharged … disease (Ischemic Vascular Disease Value Set) at any
time during the current measurement period;
• discharged
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/40534/psn-pdf
March 23, 2012 - time for
a patient to see a physician, was also associated with adverse events in patients who were discharged … with an increased risk of death and
subsequent hospital admission in patients initially evaluated and discharged
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psnet.ahrq.gov/curated-library/diagnostic-errors-case-studies
August 10, 2025 - He was treated with the anti-parasitic drug ivermectin and eventually improved enough to be discharged … The psychiatry team recommended discharge with outpatient therapy; he was discharged with outpatient … He was ultimately discharged with a diagnosis of “Bipolar 1 – moderate-severe with mixed features.” … An electrocardiogram (ECG) was normal and she was discharged with a diagnosis of stress or possible panic … The patient was discharged in stable clinical condition but was advised to quarantine for 14 days.