Capstone project sustainability by Rebecca Parsons https://padlet.com/rgparsons68/g78n66szmzuf8k7z Five supporting items for the continuation of the project en-us 2021-07-11 19:29:15 UTC 2024-06-01 12:23:34 UTC hello@padlet.com UPMC Children's Hospital Discharge Planning Policy rgparsons68 https://padlet.com/rgparsons68/g78n66szmzuf8k7z/wish/1648313236 The hospital's policy requires all discharge instructions to be documented in the medical record. The project is ensuring that the radiology department complies with Policy PTC-RN100.14. ]]> 2021-07-14 00:35:51 UTC https://padlet.com/rgparsons68/g78n66szmzuf8k7z/wish/1648313236 The Joint Commission's Standard "IM.6.10, EP 7" rgparsons68 https://padlet.com/rgparsons68/g78n66szmzuf8k7z/wish/1648337170 The Joint Commission requires all discharge summaries to include all patient and family instructions. Adding the clinical discharge instructions to the EHR ensures that the facility is complying with JCAHO standards.  ]]> 2021-07-14 00:44:10 UTC https://padlet.com/rgparsons68/g78n66szmzuf8k7z/wish/1648337170 UPMC Children's Hospital's values and guiding principles rgparsons68 https://padlet.com/rgparsons68/g78n66szmzuf8k7z/wish/1648352505 The facility lists one of their core values as quality and safety. Ensuring accurate and appropriately documented patient discharge instructions promotes quality and safety in the department. 

One of the guiding principles for the hospital is embracing change and encouraging innovations from anyone within the organization (UPMC, 2021). ]]> 2021-07-14 00:49:49 UTC https://padlet.com/rgparsons68/g78n66szmzuf8k7z/wish/1648352505 Magnet Model for the Magnet Recognition Program rgparsons68 https://padlet.com/rgparsons68/g78n66szmzuf8k7z/wish/1648372045 Component IV of the ANCC's "Magnet Model" is "New Knowledge, Innovation, and Improvements". This component directly supports that Magnet accredited facilities will contribute to the improvement of patient care and innovations to care processes, such as the discharge process. ]]> 2021-07-14 00:56:45 UTC https://padlet.com/rgparsons68/g78n66szmzuf8k7z/wish/1648372045 Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services requirements for discharge planning in hospitals rgparsons68 https://padlet.com/rgparsons68/g78n66szmzuf8k7z/wish/1648412394 CMS revised their discharge requirements in 2019 to require all hospitals to include "Recommendations, instructions, or precautions for ongoing care, as appropriate" int the discharge or summary content (CMS, 2019). The project's change ensures that the patient instructions are contained within the discharge summary that is in the electronic health record. ]]> 2021-07-14 01:11:49 UTC https://padlet.com/rgparsons68/g78n66szmzuf8k7z/wish/1648412394