An effective hospital discharge process created by Cleveland Clinic is pivotal in the handoff of patients to postacute-care providers. Hospital discharge is a complex process involving the primary ...

Frequent delays in insurance claim approvals at the time of hospital discharge have become a major source of frustration for ...

If she’s especially efficient, Hospitalist Gigi Liu, MD, can complete a discharge summary in 20 minutes for a patient she treated for a few days at The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore. But ...

Hospital discharge forms are written with care professionals in mind. While this is understandable, it can leave the patients themselves confused about the treatments they have received, and what the ...