"We work daily with our colleagues across the health and social care community to ensure our patients are discharged in a timely and appropriate way".
The operation was not eventful and the patient was timely discharged.
In certain scenarios, POCT has been found to increase the number of patients discharged in a timely manner, expedite triage of urgent but non-emergency patients, and decrease delays to treatment initiation.
"Our focus on better community care for the frail elderly, and creating a more joined-up health and social care system, will help to reduce unplanned hospital admissions and ensure that patients are discharged in a more timely way, which will free up beds for other patients".
Comparison of sample characteristics between those whose discharge was delayed and those whose discharge was timely is presented in table 1.
The report said that "too many older people are still not being discharged in an effective and timely manner and this needs urgent attention".
For-profit status (vs. non-profit), smaller bed size (vs. 100 199 beds), East South Central region (vs. New England region) and the report of specific CPC measures (discharge instructions, timely provision of antibiotics and beta blockers, and serum glucose controls in cardiac surgery patients) were positively associated with mean VBP scores (p<0.01 in all).
High-pressure particle-laden gas flow should be discharged through relief line of gas well timely to ensure safe test and exploitation.
However, a complete, accurate, and timely discharge summary can communicate important information back to the primary care physician, prevent adverse events, and reduce readmissions to hospital [ 2].
In step 2, we identified the desired outcomes of the intervention and formulated specific performance objectives for the target population, such as writing a complete, accurate and timely discharge letter by the hospital physician.
In line with other studies, lack of staff, poor communication, and the pressure to discharge patients in a timely manner may contribute to inappropriate discharge [ 30, 31].
