The Pennsylvania health system has eliminated redundant processes and reduced the time and number of people involved in a discharge while boosting patient satisfaction scores. Patient discharge can be ...

The discharge process for patients from a hospital is not an easy one, and if done wrong could also lead to costly readmissions--but the use of technology could make the transition much smoother, ...

A new study shows the value of integrating caregivers into the discharge process for elderly patients: far fewer readmissions. Researchers from the University of Pittsburgh Health Policy Institute ...

Patients who have had vascular surgeries are often readmitted to the hospital for a variety of reasons — often preventable — more often than patients who undergo different types of surgeries. These ...

The business of caring is a stressful one. Within the hospital, clinicians face an ever-increasing amount of pressure to do more with less, with our work held accountable to metrics and time pressures ...

“I didn’t know what to do, so I came back,” said my in-the-dark patient. He was calling me from the emergency department (ED), 5 days after I had discharged him from the hospital for an abdominal ...

Emergency department discharge is a critical point in the hospital healthcare process; communication is key in terms of making certain patients fully understand next steps to ensure optimal outcomes, ...

Integrating informal caregivers into the discharge planning process for elderly patients could slash hospital readmissions by roughly 25 percent, says a new analysis from the University of Pittsburgh ...

IN mid-March my 85-year-old father checked into a prominent New York City hospital for a scheduled operation. The procedure, to remove a cancerous tumor from his thigh, went well, and soon he was sent ...