Background Discharge planning is a routine feature of health systems in many countries that
aims to reduce delayed discharge from hospital, and improve the co‐ordination of services …

Background: With the ever-increasing demand on acute healthcare, the hospital discharge
process and delayed discharges are considered relevant in achieving optimal performance …

Managing healthcare demand and capacity is especially difficult in the context of the COVID-
19 pandemic, where limited intensive care resources can be overwhelmed by a large …

Background Older people admitted to hospital in an emergency often have prolonged
inpatient stays that worsen their outcomes, increase health-care costs, and reduce bed …

Background Pharmacists play important role in ensuring timely care delivery at the ward
level. The optimal level of pharmacist input, however, is not clearly defined. Objective To …

Delayed discharge for non-clinical reasons (bed-blocking) is characteristic of pathologies
associated with ageing, loss of functional capacity and dependence such as stroke. The …

Background As healthcare systems strive for efficiency, hospital “length of stay outliers” have
the potential to significantly impact a hospital's overall utilization. There is a tendency to …

Background Delayed transfers of care (DTOC) of patients from hospital to alternative care
settings are a longstanding problem in England and elsewhere, having negative …

Objectives To describe the practical experience of delivering a proactive and integrated
consultation-liaison (CL) psychiatry service model (PICLP). PICLP is designed for older …

Discharge to Assess (D2A) models of care have been developed to expedite the process of
discharging hospital patients as soon as they are medically fit to leave, thereby improving …