Cardiovascular discharge checklist reduces LOS and morbidity
Case Management Weekly, November 8, 2004
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A discharge checklist reduced readmission and morbidity rates of heart failure patients, according to a recent study in the Annals of Internal Medicine. Previous studies found that when heart failure patients were discharged only 55% were given life-saving angiotensis-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors. The checklist was part of a discharge medication program that ensured patients were receiving medications, such as ACE inhibitors, upon discharge. After staff began using the checklist death rates for heart failure patients dropped 23% and the readmission rate for these patients fell 9%.
Source: Annals of Internal Medicine, November 2004 and Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturing Association
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