Newspaper/Magazine Article

Discharge missteps can send seniors back to hospital.

March 3, 2010

Korc B, Landers SJ. American Medical News. February 15, 2010.

View more articles from the same authors.

This news article uses an example of a preventable readmission to illustrate how ineffective communication during care transitions can affect patients after hospital discharge.

Free full text

Related Resources From the Same Author(s)

Hospital safety records, CEO pay increasingly linked.

March 28, 2012

Patient safety: what can medicine learn from aviation?

June 23, 2010

Fear of punitive response to hospital errors lingers.

March 7, 2012

Parkland knee surgery done by doctor in training leads to amputation, questions.

December 1, 2010

Speaking Up Constructively: Managerial Practices that Elicit Solutions from Front-Line Employees.

March 9, 2011

Teaching Clinical Reasoning.

May 10, 2016

Why accountability sharing in health care organizational cultures means patients are probably safer.

September 23, 2020

Take Charge of Your Hospital Stay to Avoid Medical Mistakes.

March 31, 2010

COVID-19 dominates annual list of patient safety concerns.

March 24, 2021

There and Home Again, Safely.

March 11, 2015

Related Resources

Cultivate discussions in a psychologically safe workplace: part 1 and part II.

August 7, 2024

Handling polypharmacy--a qualitative study using focus group interviews with older patients, their relatives, and healthcare professionals.

September 13, 2023

ISMP medication error report analysis.

June 16, 2019

Scanner beep only means the barcode has been scanned.

June 10, 2018

Survey results: community liaison programs to decrease hospital readmissions.

June 10, 2018

Reduce readmissions with pharmacy programs that focus on transitions from the hospital to the community.

June 10, 2018

Minnesota hospitals are testing ways to reduce return trips.

October 24, 2012

The effect of medication reconciliation in elderly patients at hospital discharge.

January 27, 2012

Medication reconciliation for reducing drug-discrepancy adverse events.

June 13, 2011

Hospital bracelets face hurdles as they fix hazard.

October 8, 2008

See More About The Topic

Hospitals

Home Care

Physicians

General Internal Medicine

Hospital Medicine

Discharge missteps can send seniors back to hospital.

Connect With Us

Sign up for Email Updates

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

Discharge missteps can send seniors back to hospital.

Connect With Us

Sign up for Email Updates

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

Submit Your Innovations

Continue as a Guest

Continue Logged In

Submit Your Innovations

Continue as a Guest

Continue logged in

New Users to the PSNet site

Submit Your Training

Continue as a Guest

Continue Logged In

Submit Your Training

Continue as a Guest

Continue Logged In

New Users to the PSNet site

Submit Your Toolkit

Continue as a Guest

Continue Logged In

Submit Your Toolkit

Continue as a Guest

Continue Logged In

New Users to the PSNet site

Submit Your WebM&M Case

Continue as a Guest

Continue Logged In

Submit Your WebM&M Case

Continue as a Guest

Already have a PSNet

Account?

New Users