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Transition of care for hospitalized elderly patients—development of a discharge checklist for hospitalists.
Halasyamani L, Kripalani S, Coleman E, et al. J Hosp Med. 2006;1:354-360.

The authors describe their experience in developing a discharge checklist to standardize the process at their hospital and provide a model that can be refined for use in other facilities.
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