A Reengineered Hospital Discharge Program to Decrease Rehospitalization
Annals of Internal MedicinePublished 3 February 2009
Brian Jack, V. K. Chetty, David Anthony, Jeffrey L. Greenwald, Gail M. Sanchez, Anna E. Johnson
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Emergency department visits and rehospitalization are common after hospital discharge. Jack and colleagues demonstrated that a nurse discharge advocate and clinical pharmacist working together to c...
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