Physician, Regina
Project: Patient Communication at Discharge for High Quality Transitions of Care
For her CQIP project, Dr. Hannah Buhariwalla looked at communication issues with patients around discharge plans and discharge medications. A chart audit found that none of the discharge instructions contained all six crucial elements for optimal discharge and that 10% had no discharge information provided at all. This resulted in piloting a discharge communication form that includes all six crucial elements required for optimal discharge.