Sentence examples for discharge documentation from inspiring English sources

The quality and timeliness of discharge documentation: "For example, if this documentation does not capture the full extent of the patient's condition, this could lead to an underestimate of the risk of death and consequently lead to a higher HSMR".

For those who recovered to RRT independence and survived to hospital discharge, documentation at admission and discharge from ICU and the hospital were reviewed to assess changes to medications and the information conveyed to primary care.

Data on birth weight and sex of the newborn were extracted from the discharge documentation.

Discharge documentation deficits contribute to discontinuity of care, adverse events, readmission and associated carer stress.

Only 40% of AKI hospital discharges had AKI mentioned in discharge documentation to primary care.

For 24 patients (10.3%), the primary outcome was not assessable because the discharge documentation was not completed.

The clinical data, MMSE, ADL, disease type and length of stay, were collected from pre-discharge documentation and patient charts.

The time elapsing between assessment by JS and hospital discharge (with documentation of a final diagnosis) varied between 1 and 140 days.

We found several distinct patterns of discharge letter documentation indicating a large heterogeneity of HIS usage between different specialties (completeness 5199%99%, delays 0 – 90 days).

The volunteers were discharged after documentation of three sequential negative blood smears and were followed weekly for 4 weeks followed by a final visit on Day 56.

Since most administrative data rely on discharge diagnoses, accurate documentation and subsequent coding of diagnoses are critical.