Examination of factors associated with discharge lag time and how this metric plays an important role in managing hospital throughput. Objectives: The purpose of this study was to examine the factors ...

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 ...

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Oct. 12, 2004 (San Francisco) — A review of discharge analgesic prescriptions given to pediatric patients at Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions in Baltimore, Maryland, found that 50% of the ...

A new approach to hospital discharges at UCLA reduced the time patients spend waiting to leave the hospital by nearly 50% for four common diagnoses and improved length of hospital stay by 2.5 days, ...