An effective hospital discharge process created by Cleveland Clinic is pivotal in the handoff of patients to postacute-care providers. Hospital discharge is a complex process involving the primary ...

Medication errors are present in approximately half of patients after hospital discharge, according to a study published in Mayo Clinic Proceedings. Researchers measured health literacy, subjective ...

Background: Hospital discharge is an interface of care when patients are at a high risk of medication discrepancies as they transition from hospital to home. These discrepancies are important, as they ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - More than half of heart patients in a new U.S. study made mistakes taking their medications or misunderstood instructions given to them after being discharged from the ...

An article published in the Joint Commission’s Journal on Quality and Patient Safety examines how checklists in electronic health records can help reduce discharge errors. The article examines a best ...

Dear Carol: My dad has been in the hospital for open-heart surgery. He's now being discharged and will come home with me until he recovers enough to go back to his home where he lives alone. Long-term ...

Health First is a nonprofit, Central Florida health system consisting of more than 900 beds across four hospitals, with the only Level II trauma center in the county. Streamlining and automating the ...

A military discharge occurs when a service member is formally released from their obligation to serve in the armed forces. Each year, over 200,000 U.S. service members transition out of military life, ...

It took more than half a year for Brian’s daughter to get a bed at Western State Hospital after a scare in which she put a bread knife into an electrical outlet at his Tacoma apartment. A court ruled ...

This prospective study was conducted from March 14, 2006, to June 2, 2006, at Toronto General Hospital, a tertiary care teaching hospital affiliated with the University of Toronto. This study was ...