She was also able to identify then Massachusetts Gov. William Weld from anonymous hospital discharge records.
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This could potentially include health bodies involving carers more closely in arrangements for appointments and hospital discharge.
Dr. Shabbir Hossain described caring for a woman as an outpatient whose congestive heart failure recurred shortly after hospital discharge.
Research sponsored by Aetna shows that waving drug co-pays for heart attack patients after hospital discharge improved adherence overall from 39% to 44%.
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The study included patients admitted to the hospital with recently diagnosed AF in the province of Quebec, Canada, from 1998-2007, using administrative data with linkage between hospital discharge, physicians, and prescription drug claims databases.
While Open Placement also ostensibly focused on care coordination (discharge planning), their service was much more like an online traveling booking service, but involving secondary care facilities, and geared to the needs of hospital discharge coordinators.
Bed blocking continues to be a major problem for the NHS. Overall 6% of patients had their discharge from hospital delayed.
"Upon my discharge, hospital officials gave me a photocopied map of the installation and told me to go to the Mologne House, where I would live while an outpatient, " Shannon testified.
For example, the study documents an alarming lack of physician follow-up visits after discharge from a hospital.
"If people have relatives in hospital who are ready for discharge then it would be a massive help if they can come and collect them, providing they can do this safely, " a Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals Trust spokesman said.
Most used Project RED (Re-Engineered Discharge) that standardizes hospital discharges.
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It looked at death rates using four measures - deaths in hospital, deaths in hospital and within 30 days of discharge, deaths linked to low-risk conditions and deaths after surgery.
Dr Foster, the research group he works for, looks at four key measures - deaths in hospital, deaths within 30 days of discharge, deaths after surgery and deaths among patients in low risk conditions.
The problem occurs when doctors are unable to discharge patients because of problems in arranging post-hospital care.
Meanwhile, better integration with social care would help speed up discharge and, therefore, reduce length of stay in hospital.
From the perspective of these health professionals, elders often are so anxious to leave the hospital that they are not honest about whether they can manage their discharge.
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And a third of all patients said there had been a negative impact on their family income six months after leaving hospital, with this figure only declining slightly at 12 months after discharge.
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Officials have been estimating based on discharge data that showed symptoms that babies suffered while in a hospital.
The hospital said staff "did their best" to address their concerns and the patient's discharge had been planned.
"Our experienced clinical team... sees all patients prior to discharge home, and then provides the remaining treatment at home, liaising with the hospital consultant throughout, " he said.
The NMC heard that failure to treat, discharge or admit patients within the government's four-hour target led to nurses at the hospital being shouted at and "made a spectacle" of.
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