The emergency physician is frequently faced with patients presenting with dental complaints, particularly pain and injury.
When hospitals start a discharge planning huddle, the key is to make it brief, an expert says.
Several new studies highlight the need for more thorough discharge planning in the care of coronary and congestive heart failure patients. Such patients often are elderly and susceptible to adverse events and drug-drug interactions from standard medication treatment.
When research suggests changes in standard medical practice, the public health community expects physicians and hospitals to adopt the new way and help improve patient outcomes.
A regional hospital in a Southern rural state found that its hospital discharge process improved when the institution focused on refining its goals and improving collaboration between disciplines.
