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Implementing Ideal Discharge Planning: A Quality Improvement Project On An Inpatient Unit​, Dawn Doud, Brenda Senger, Karen Colorafi, Teresa Bigand

2021 Providence Nurse Research Conference

Background: Effective discharge teaching reduces 30-day hospital readmissions, decreases unnecessary emergency room visits, improves patient satisfaction, and is cost effective for hospitals by improving the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) measures for reimbursement. Evidence suggests that standardized discharge teaching templates embedded within the electronic health records lack patient engagement and can fail to meet individual patient discharge education needs. A need was identified to improve the discharge planning process on an advanced care unit in a community based hospital.

Purpose: The purpose of this project was to evaluate and assess the implementation of an evidence based toolkit, IDEAL …