A Model for Hospital Discharge Preparation: From Case Management to Care Transition.
There has been a proliferation of initiatives to improve discharge processes and outcomes for the transition from hospital to home and community-based care. Operationalization of these processes has varied widely as hospitals have customized discharge care into innovative roles and functions. This article presents a model for conceptualizing the components of hospital discharge preparation to ensure attention to the full range of processes needed for a comprehensive strategy for hospital discharge.
Author Affiliations: Professor (Dr Weiss), Associate Professor (Drs Bobay and Hughes) and PhD Student (Ms Bahr), College of Nursing, Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Assistant Professor (Dr Costa), School of Nursing, University of Maryland, Baltimore; and Clinical Nurse Researcher, Department of Nursing, and Associate Professor of Nursing, College of Medicine (Dr Holland), Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota.
Marianne E
ME
Weiss
Kathleen L
KL
Bobay
Sarah J
SJ
Bahr
Linda
L
Costa
Ronda G
RG
Hughes
Diane E
DE
Holland
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