Meeting
Abstract Number: 175
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Background: Transition from the inpatient to outpatient setting presents a safety risk to pediatric patients. Project IMPACT (Improving Pediatric Patient-Centered Care Transitions) is a multi-site quality improvement collaborative developed to improve the hospital to home transition for pediatric patients using a transition bundle. One bundle element is the use of teach-back (TB) to confirm caregiver […]
Abstract Number: 188
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Background: Discharge education is a key component of safe transition from inpatient to outpatient care in the pediatric population. Project IMPACT (Improving Pediatric Patient-Centered Care Transitions) is a multi-site quality improvement project developed to improve care transitions for pediatric patients using a transition bundle. One bundle element focuses on thorough discharge education (DE) and the […]
Abstract Number: 208
SHM Converge 2023
Background: The pediatric discharge education process currently struggles with a lack of standardization, miscommunication between care team members, and non-patient-centered discharge communication. These issues contribute to medical errors, increased readmissions, patient dissatisfaction, and unnecessary healthcare costs. The purpose of this study is to understand the current level of caregiver comprehension in our hospital, streamline the […]