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Very Important Discharge Appointment (Vida), Jennifer Burris, Holly Kockler, Gail Olson, Kristi Patterson, Natasha Pflueger, Jennifer Salzer, Leann Volkers Jan 2022

Very Important Discharge Appointment (Vida), Jennifer Burris, Holly Kockler, Gail Olson, Kristi Patterson, Natasha Pflueger, Jennifer Salzer, Leann Volkers

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To improve patient flow, access, and decrease strain on resources by enhancing the current process of Discharge and Loop Back Huddle by identifying two patients for early discharge the next day.

Current Practices:

  • Discharge huddle and Loopback (Discuss care progression for all pts)
  • Discharge planning using the IDEAL Model (Patient and Family Engagement with Discharge)
  • Electronic Discharge Readiness Tools (Exp Discharge Date, Discharge milestones, etc.)

Next piece of the puzzle:

  • VIDA: a framework to identify 2 patients to be discharged before 11 am – so the bulk of our discharges do not occur between Noon and 4:00 pm.
  • Decreasing the …