Discharge planning: a look at successful collaboration.
The Department of Patient Services and Discharge Planning is an efficient, well-integrated, cost-effective group of clinical programs that has merged behind the common goal of high-quality patent care. So much is read about the bickering between the disciplines and the issues related to turf; however, this department has been able to transcend to another level where the patient becomes the focus and patient-centered, patient-valued care becomes the mission.
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D003266:Continuity of Patient Care / Q000458:organization & administration; D006746:Hospital Bed Capacity, 500 and over; D015285:Hospital-Patient Relations; D006779:Hospitals, Public / Q000458:organization & administration; D006801:Humans; D015274:Interdepartmental Relations; D017146:Models, Organizational; D010344:Patient Advocacy / Q000592:standards; D010351:Patient Discharge; D011787:Quality of Health Care / Q000592:standards; D012948:Social Work Department, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration*; D013781:Texas