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Hospital Discharge Critical Pathway

Hospital Discharge Critical Pathway. Can this patient go home? ASK: DISPO . 1. Needs daily MD evaluation 2. Hemodynamic unstable (prn’s P-BP-O 2 ) 3. Rising Cr, dropping Hb, Hb < 9mg/dl 4. Change in significant RX past 24 hrs 5. Can’t tolerate 12-24 lapse in meds

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Hospital Discharge Critical Pathway

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  1. Hospital Discharge Critical Pathway Can this patient go home? ASK: DISPO 1. Needs daily MD evaluation 2. Hemodynamic unstable (prn’s P-BP-O2) 3. Rising Cr, dropping Hb, Hb < 9mg/dl 4. Change in significant RX past 24 hrs 5. Can’t tolerate 12-24 lapse in meds 6. IV drips, telemetry, daily or stat labs. Yes No discharge, reevaluate 24 hrs. No Yes • Gets out of bed, uses toilet indepet. • Willing and able caregiver at home. • Can pay/has insurance for home rx. Home No • Medicare qualifying diagnosis? • --Decline in functional status • -->1 skilled nursing (RN) need • --Hospice appropriate, no CG • 2. Medicare qualifying stay? • --> 72 consecutive hrs in past 30 d Yes Nursing Home, Home Health, SNF or Rehab No FTT, unsafe, dementia, repeated falls Yes CGA for appropriate level of residential care No Home Rodin, 2005

  2. Physician’s Discharge Checklist • Notify PCP of discharge. • Assure that family knows date, time and dispo and has had opportunity to visit SNF prior to DC.. • Transfer sheet reviewed by senior team member for legibility: • Name and pager of hospital physician contact • Prioritized problem list, clearly indicating conditions that require early monitoring • Most current orders: pharmacy dose, route, frequency (once-a-day is best), stop date. Decimals and units clear. • Schedule analgesics, bowel and fluid regimens. Stop or reduce prn’s • Dictated discharge summary. If not available, copy the ENTIRE CHART. • Advance directives addressed. • Remove therapeutic debris: unused IVs, PICCs, central lines, telemetry tabs, expired topical meds, foley. (Verify voiding.) • Call DON before DC to assure availability of IV meds, CPAP, other DME, continuity issues. • Discharge as early in the day as possible Rodin, 2005

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