title: Cleaning up the discharge process: a number of components--and personnel--are crucial to success.
abstract: The Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority Reporting System is a confidential, statewide Internet reporting system to which all Pennsylvania hospitals, outpatient-surgery facilities, and birthing centers, as well as some abortion facilities, must file information on medical errors. Safety Monitor is a column from the authority that informs nurses on issues that can affect patient safety and presents strategies they can easily integrate into practice. For more information on the authority, visit www.patientsafetyauthority.org. For the original article discussed in this column or for other articles on patient safety, click on "Patient Safety Advisories" and then "Advisory Library" in the left-hand navigation menu.
authors.affiliation: Pennsylvania Patient Safety Reporting System in Plymouth Meeting, PA, USA. chuber@ecri.org
authors.forename: Charlotte
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Huber
authors.forename: Mary
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Blanco
mesh_terms: D003266:Continuity of Patient Care / Q000458:organization & administration; D019091:Critical Pathways; D006284:Health Plan Implementation; D006801:Humans; D008508:Medication Errors / Q000517:prevention & control; D010347:Patient Care Planning / Q000458:organization & administration; D010351:Patient Discharge; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D010414:Pennsylvania; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D017751:Safety Management / Q000706:statistics & numerical data