The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality has proposed a pilot test of an emergency department discharge tool. The goal of the tool is to reduce unnecessary ED visits, decrease ED costs and ...

Patients who are discharged from the emergency department with “primary care treatable” diagnoses may actually need emergency care, according to an American College of Emergency Physicians report on a ...

Emergency Department (ED) discharge instructions play a pivotal role in ensuring that patients understand their diagnosis, treatment plan, and necessary follow-up care. Comprehensive patient education ...

Within 30 days after discharge from a hospital, nearly 40 percent of post-discharge acute care at hospitals is emergency department visits, according to a study in the Journal of the American Medical ...

In a study, patients who received a team-based intervention involving education and mobile health support in the emergency department (ED) had greater reduction in systolic blood pressure (SBP) at 6 ...