The first two parts of this Clinical Efficiency Tricks series laid out the systemic and individual changes that can improve emergency department (ED) patient flow during the arrivaland in-room ...

Discharge planning begins at admission. Let me repeat: Discharge planning begins at admission. Unfortunately, more often than not, discharge planning begins the night before or the morning of ...

The Pennsylvania health system has eliminated redundant processes and reduced the time and number of people involved in a discharge while boosting patient satisfaction scores. Patient discharge can be ...

If you’ve ever been discharged from a hospital or helped a loved one through it, you know how overwhelming it can be. One moment, you’re in a hospital bed, and the next, you’re handed a pile of ...

“I didn’t know what to do, so I came back,” said my in-the-dark patient. He was calling me from the emergency department (ED), 5 days after I had discharged him from the hospital for an abdominal ...

Health Insurance Claim: Frequent delays in insurance claim approvals at the time of hospital discharge have become a major source of frustration for patients. Despite completing their treatment, many ...

After nearly two decades as a practicing emergency physician and medical director, I am all too familiar with traditional ways of operating in the ED. This three-part series describes more efficient ...