EvidenceCare

JULY 8, 2025

For example, real-time analytics can reveal when certain tests or procedures exceed local benchmarks. Targeted clinical decision support , such as focusing on same-day discharge rates for low-risk patients, can increase evidence-aligned discharges and reduce readmissions.

Huddles/Rounds 130

Huddles/Rounds Follow-Up Discharges Collaboration 130

Practice Index

MAY 22, 2025

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.

Huddles/Rounds 52

Huddles/Rounds Discharges Tests Hospital 52

EvidenceCare

APRIL 16, 2024

Regulatory Standards CERT (comprehensive error rate testing) is a program administered by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) that utilizes Recovery Audit Contractors (RACs) to review medical records and identify potential billing errors. The goal for the compliance measure is to have over 95% of discharges compliant.

Documentation 130

Documentation Admissions Discharges Billing 130

Relias

MARCH 17, 2023

The guidance encourages teams to communicate better with each other when delivering results — specifically, to “get important test results to the right staff person on time.” Results from tests and diagnostic procedures could potentially have a major impact on a patient’s health outcome if not delivered expediently.

Patient Safety 52

Patient Safety Communication Teamwork Follow-Up 52

Setting Sights

MAY 7, 2021

Each morning, the doctors came round to the bedside, barely taking one look at my desperate face, before finally making brief eye contact and clearing their throats. Just half an hour later, they would test my blood sugars to find they were 3.2. Nobody even thought to investigate it much further either. BMI is fine.

Admissions 52

Admissions Follow-Up Huddles/Rounds Hospital 52

Sensible Medicine

MAY 31, 2023

Luciana Luciana’s discharge day was getting close. I came to her room for rounds in the morning. I’ll have it done by the time I discharge.” Sandra had been admitted weeks before Luciana and would not be discharged for a few more weeks to come. Sensible Medicine is a reader-supported publication.

Discharges 246

Discharges Follow-Up Hospital Admissions 246

Practice Index

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Patients stressed by failing NHS admin NHS admin has become dysfunctional, leading to thousands of test results being lost and patient appointments becoming confused, according to a new study. They describe a patient who found themselves discharged from a service for failing to attend an appointment, in spite of their efforts to reschedule.

Huddles/Rounds 52

Huddles/Rounds Discharges Appointments Hospital 52