The hospital discharge: A review of a high risk care transition with highlights of a reengineered discharge process

Journal of Patient Safety

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 97-106

  Greenwald, Jeffrey L ^a   Denham, Charles R ^b   Jack, Brian W ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Texas Medical Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Hospital discharge; Medical errors; Rehospitalization

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249944862     PISSN: 15498417     EISSN: 15498425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.jps.0000236916.94696.12     Document Type: Review

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