Background: Last‐minute discharge planning and thereby lack of coordination in the discharge process can lead to inefficiencies and bed management constraints during this vital transition point of patient care. Our study was designed to assess the effect of a 24‐hour discharge planning tool and a discharge liaison on early discharges while maintaining patient preparedness for […]

Background: Alcoholic hepatitis (AH) related admissions have been increasing, and severe AH (as defined by a discriminant function [DF] > 32) can carry a one-month mortality rate of up to 50% (Crabb et al). With rising mortality from alcoholic liver disease, early detection of alcohol use disorder to achieve cessation and prevent progression to alcoholic […]