From: Standardizing admission and discharge processes to improve patient flow: A cross sectional study
Discharge process management interventions: | Admission process management interventions: |
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▪ Enhance multidisciplinary teamwork: doctor, nurse, house officer and central admissions unit. | ▪ Bed Management by a central admissions team planning and scheduling patient flows: right patient, right place and right time. |
▪ Set a planned date for discharge on day of admission or at pre-admission, using protocols for common conditions with <72-h expected length of stay. | ▪ Central admissions in a Surgery Admission Unit. |
▪ Discharge planned 24-h in advance for >72-h expected length of stay. | ▪ Patients admitted on the same day of surgery. |
▪ Nurse-led discharge. | ▪ Enhance day-surgery rates of selected processes. |
▪ Plan discharge needs: discharge report, pharmacy prescriptions, sanitary transport, home care, etc. | ▪ Avoid “on the day” cancellations of elective patients. |