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Engaging Physicians in Quality Improvement: Strategies for Driving Practice Change

EvidenceCare

Targeted clinical decision support , such as focusing on same-day discharge rates for low-risk patients, can increase evidence-aligned discharges and reduce readmissions. Incorporating peer benchmarks into stewardship huddles can cut unnecessary therapy days and save significant costs.

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Primary care news round-up (4th July – 9th July 2025)

Practice Index

Problems revealed with electronic discharge The electronic discharge summary often fails to include vital information, placing patients at risk of harm, NHS investigators warn today. This includes discharge summaries failing to reach all the providers, and often not reaching the patients themselves.

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Primary care news round-up (16th to 21st May 2025)

Practice Index

Practices warned about discharge safety Practices should ensure they assess the safety risks of the processes used to care for elderly patients after discharge from hospital. On average, practices receive 1,092 discharge summaries annually, Dr Spencer reports.

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NICU Nurse Adopts Teen Mom of Three Preemie Triplets

Scrubs

When Small’s babies were discharged from the hospital several months after she gave birth, Mullen asked if they could exchange numbers, and the two have been a part of each other’s lives ever since. Fortunately, Katrina Mullen was the nurse assigned to look after Small’s children.

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Nurse Emeritus Combats Staff Shortages by Keeping Retired Nurses Engaged

Scrubs

Having E-RNs to do discharge planning, do rounds with patients, and ensure patients understand their medication goes a long way to preventing readmission and improving the health of the population we serve.” They can walk down the hall and sense when things are not right.

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BBHR: Expanded Access to Improved Transition Planning Tools

Connect Care Bytes Blog

Expanded Access to Improved Transition Planning Tools Connect Care provides a set of integrated supports that can help clinicians anticipate and plan for a patient's discharge from hospital. A SHS column can be added to Rapid Rounds (and other) patient lists. All have been enhanced in response to user feedback.

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BBHR: Integrated Discharge Planning Tool Eases Team Edits

Connect Care Bytes Blog

Integrated Discharge Planning 'Traffic Lights' The Rapid Rounds patient list includes a "Readiness" column with 'traffic light' symbols indicative of a patient's readiness for discharge. Demo: Discharge Readiness Integrated Planner Manual: Transition Planning