Discharge Planning

Abstract

s u m m a r yDischarge planning is an interdisciplinary approach to continuity of care and a process that includes identification, assessment, goal setting, planning, implementation, coordination, and evaluation. Effective discharge planning supports the continuity of health care; it is described as "the critical link between treatment received in hospital by the patient, and post-discharge care provided in the community." The structure of discharge planning is classified into: (1) informal (ordinary) discharge planning and (2) formal (specialized, structured) discharge planning. Many studies showed that discharge planning may increase patient satisfaction, and some studies showed reduced hospital length of stay and reduced readmission to hospital, but no evidence that it reduced health-care costs. A structured discharge planning tailored to the individual patient probably reduces hospital length of stay and readmission rates for older people admitted to hospital with a medical condition, but the impact of discharge planning on mortality, health outcomes, and cost remains uncertain.

Discharge education delivered to general surgical patients in their management of recovery post discharge: A systematic mixed studies review

“…Discharge education: Defined as the delivery of planned education provided by health care providers (i.e. doctors or nurses) for patients to facilitate their knowledge base for recovery at home after discharge from hospital (Lin et al, 2012;Taylor & Cameron, 2000). The goal of this education is to ensure patients are equipped with the appropriate knowledge for selfmanagement of their recovery after leaving hospital, reducing the occurrence of postoperative complications and unexpected return to hospital (Kassin et al, 2012).…”

Which priority indicators to use to evaluate nursing care performance? A discussion paper

“…Symptom management, the second performance indicator, involves continuous monitoring tailored to patients’ conditions to guarantee early screening for the presence, or risk of, any type of symptom, collaboration with patients and their families to determine suitable interventions, effective implementation of the interventions and continuous assessment of the patients’ responses (Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario, ). Discharge planning, the third indicator, evaluates the critical linkage between treatment received in hospital by the patient and postdischarge care provided in the community, assessing what nursing staff do to facilitate this transition (Lin, Cheng, Shih, Chu, & Tjung, ). These indicators provide direct insights into clinical microsystems and processes and show what nurses do for and with patients and their families.…”

Pelaksanaan Discharge Planning di Ruang ICU RS X Jakarta

“…Discharge planning adalah pendekatan interdisipliner untuk kesinambungan perawatan dan proses yang mencakup identifikasi, penilaian, penetapan tujuan, perencanaan, implementasi, koordinasi, dan evaluasi dan merupakan hubungan yang berkualitas antara rumah sakit, pelayanan kesehatan masyarakat, organisasi non pemerintahan, dan agen agen pelayanan kesehatan lainnya. (Lin, Cheng, Shih, Chu, & Tjung, 2012). Definisi lainnya discharge planning adalah suatu proses kompleks yang bertujuan untuk menyiapkan pasien dalam masa transisi di rumah sakit sampai pasien tersebut kembali ke rumahnya (Nordmark, Zingmark, & Lindberg, 2016).…”

“…JPKI 2019 volume 5 no. 1 biaya perawatan kesehatan (Lin et al, 2012). Terdapat hubungan yang bermakna antara discharge planning terhadap penurunan readmisi pasien dalam 1 sampai 12 bulan indeks pemulangan pasien di pelayanan kesehatan (Fox et al, 2013).…”