Transition of care for hospitalized elderly patients—development of a discharge checklist for hospitalists.

L Halasyamani; S Kripalani; E Coleman; J Schnipper; C van Walraven; J Nagamine; P Torcson; T Bookwalter; T Budnitz; D Manning

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Transition of care for hospitalized elderly patients—development of a discharge checklist for hospitalists.

January 3, 2007

Halasyamani L, Kripalani S, Coleman E, et al. J Hosp Med. 2006;1(6).

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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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