Planning a patient’s discharge the day they are admitted is important — but not enough to fix the complex bottlenecks that slow hospital throughput and lead to emergency department boarding. These ...

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The discharge process for patients from a hospital is not an easy one, and if done wrong could also lead to costly readmissions--but the use of technology could make the transition much smoother, ...

This study demonstrates that the implementation of a discharge navigation program led to earlier writing of discharge orders and patient release from the hospital. Objectives: The aim of this study ...