Background: The US healthcare system is under increasing pressure to improve value and affordability. Acute care is responsible for a large proportion of overall health costs, but the complexities and pace in this environment have left an evidence gap in value-based care transformation. Novel improvement and evaluation strategies are thus needed more than ever to [...]

Background: Unimpeded patient flow enhances quality, patient experience and access, while reducing costs. Our hospital has an in house discharge pharmacy, which allows us to send patients home with their imperative medications prior to discharge. About 53% of our discharges were delayed due to discharge medications, which equates to 27.8 hours for the ~30 daily [...]

Background: Hospitals emphasize early discharge to improve throughput. Interdisciplinary team members often report feeling rushed in the 24 hours before discharge, which may increase the likelihood of discharge errors and burnout for the team. Purpose: To identify obstacles preventing timely completion of discharge activities, improve reliability of the discharge process, improve staff experience, and decrease [...]