MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'discharge planning'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:55:32 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4399465&cid=t_230204_86_f&fid=36669&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffadelibrary.wordpress.com%2F2011%2F01%2F26%2Fnursing-times-2010-vol-107-no-1%2F Fade Fave: What is the effect of discharge planning? Fade Skinny: This Cochrane Review investigates whether discharge planning improved the use of acute care and patient outcomes. It also looked at whether discharge planning reduced overall costs of healthcare. Follow this link to access the full Cochrane Review report or contact the Library for a copy of the Nursing Times summary of the review. Filed under: Journals Tagged: Cost Effectiveness, Discharge Planning, Health Economics, Health Outcomes (Source: Fade Library) Fade Library blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4399465 Wed, 26 Jan 2011 11:35:38 +0100 4399465 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3556096&cid=t_230204_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fa-helpful-guide-for-discharge-planning%2F2010.05.11 Medicare has a handy guide to help patients and their caregivers take control of the discharge planning process. It might be good for hospitals to have a stack of these at the ready and a plan to make sure every patient gets one: Planning for your discharge: A checklist for patients and caregivers preparing to leave a hospital, nursing home, or other health care setting *This blog post was originally published at ACP Hospitalist* (Source: Better Health) Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3556096 Tue, 11 May 2010 20:00:00 +0100 3556096 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2671094&cid=t_230204_150_f&fid=38374&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FePharmaSummit%2F%7E3%2FJl3Mf2vW2Yw%2Fonline-hospital-ratings.html (Source: ePharma Summit) ePharma Summit blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2671094 Tue, 04 Aug 2009 14:38:00 +0100 2671094 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2258171&cid=t_230204_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2009%2F03%2F10%2Ftexas-state-hospital-heres-the-bus-station-see-ya%2F Just as you believe that maybe, perhaps, the tide is turning and the government that is charged with the responsibility and care of those most in need — the severely mentally ill who are hospitalized — actually “gets” it, you read a story like this one. Raquel Padilla was discharged from a state inpatient psychiatric hospital in San Antonio, Texas and dropped off at the bus station. That and a phone call to a sibling who also suffers from schizophrenia was apparently the extent of her discharge planning. Raquel suffered from schizophrenia herself and also apparently had mild mental retardation. Needless to say, bad things soon followed and three days later, she was found dead in a concrete ditch. She never made it on the bus. The family is rightfully outraged: &#8... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2258171 Tue, 10 Mar 2009 12:22:52 +0100 2258171