Improving the discharge process by embedding a discharge facilitator in a resident team

Journal of Hospital Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 494-500

  Finn, Kathleen M ^a   Heffner, Rebecca ^b   Chang, Yuchiao ^a   Bazari, Hasan ^a   Hunt, Daniel ^a   Pickell, Karen ^a   Berube, Rhodes ^a   Raju, Shveta ^a   Farrell, Elizabeth ^c   Iyasere, Christiana ^a   Thompson, Ryan ^a   O'Malley, Terrence ^a   O'Donnell, Walter ^a   Karson, Andrew ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISCHARGE FACILITATOR; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SERVICE; NURSE PRACTITIONER; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESIDENT; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 82955247912     PISSN: 15535592     EISSN: 15535606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jhm.924     Document Type: Article

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