Medicare offers a free, downloadable tool designed to help patients and their caregivers plan for discharge. The tool, entitled Your Discharge Planning Checklist, lists action items patients should ...

The Society of Hospital Medicine offers a free patient/family discharge planning checklist as part of its Clinical Toolbox for Geriatric Care. The checklist is designed to help patients prepare for ...

A free discharge checklist and care transition plan for patients is available from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation as part of its Care About Your Care program. Care About Your Care is an RWJF ...

A free patient/family discharge planning checklist is available from the Society of Hospital Medicine. The checklist is designed to help patients prepare for their transition from the hospital to home ...

IF YOU’RE HAVING to go to the hospital for something, what’s the first thing on your mind? Right. Getting through/surviving/recovering from whatever it is that ...

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 ...

A growing body of evidence supporting safety and benefits has persuaded many hospitals to consider a switch to same-day discharge following PCI, but just how to get started may prove daunting. Now, a ...

The advent of pay-for-performance initiatives and cuts in federal reimbursements for preventable medical emergencies are prompting hospitals to take a closer look at the post-discharge process. With ...

When checking into a hospital, patients naturally worry whether their visit will go well. But leaving the hospital safely can sometimes present an even trickier challenge. Patients are going home ...