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Nurse Discharged After “Hugging” Colleague 

Scrubs

He was discharged from Auckland City Hospital without conviction after accidentally making one of his coworkers uncomfortable. He was then discharged on the spot. A nurse in New Zealand is out of a job for hugging one of his colleagues too tightly. The incident occurred in February 2021.

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Streamlining Hospital Discharge with Technology: A Strategic Imperative for Reducing Readmissions

Electronic Health Reporter

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Nursing Students Create Clothes Drive for Discharged Hospital Patients

Scrubs

Four graduate nursing students, Emily Kilmer, Jillian Shirilla, Kayla Sallinger, and Jillene Saler, at Marquette College of Nursing recently started a clothes drive for discharged patients at five local hospitals. She said the project will soon be added to the school’s curriculum to encourage future students to give back to those in need.

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How AI-Driven Care is Bridging the Gaps in Post-Discharge Healthcare

Electronic Health Reporter

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Streamlining Hospital Discharge with Technology: A Strategic Imperative for Reducing Readmissions

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. For healthcare providers, IT professionals, and hospital executives, the discharge process is a critical juncture in a patient’s care journey. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Judit Sharon, CEO and founder, OnPage Corporation.

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How Denver Health Reduced Length of Stay: A Step-by-Step Guide

EvidenceCare

This article outlines exactly how they did it. They often provided data that was delayed by several weeks or aggregated at the service line level, which made it difficult to pinpoint actionable issues or analyze trends in real time by individual provider, DRG, or discharge unit.

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A (re)Visit to an Old-Fashioned Doctor

Sensible Medicine

On the other, articles will sometimes find second life on the site. 1 Being alerted to this article was a gift for several reasons. The article itself also got me thinking. Initially, I was tempted to dismiss it as one of those “back in the good old days” screeds until I realized the article was published in 1998.