Discharge Planning
These resources will direct you to AHRQ resources and tools to improve discharge and transitions of care and reduce readmisssions, including the RED Toolkit.
This AHRQ webpage features links to research based resources and tools for improvements in hospital discharge, transitions of care, and reducing readmissions. It also provides links to other related patient safety and quality resources for health literacy, patient and family engagement and other cross-cutting issues.
Access Resources and Tools to Improve Discharge and Transitions of Care and Reduce Readmissions here.
This AHRQ toolkit provides resources, tools, guides, and educational materials to improve the hospital discharge process. Research has shown that this Re-Engineered Discharge (RED) is effective at reducing readmissions and posthospital emergency department visits, so it has been developed into a toolkit to help hospitals replicate it.
Access Re-Engineered Discharge (RED) Toolkit here.
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