Project Red (Re-Engineered Discharge).

Toolkit

Project Red (Re-Engineered Discharge).

June 9, 2010

Boston University Medical Center.

This Web site includes information on the Re-Engineered Discharge project (Project RED), which has developed strategies to enhance patient safety by improving the hospital discharge process to reduce readmissions.

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