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Targeted Interventions to Improve Discharge Times in an Australian Cardiology Department: a Before-and-After Study

2025-05-21

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<h4>Background</h4> Late discharges in cardiology inpatient units contribute to patient flow inefficiencies, emergency department overcrowding, and reduced hospital capacity. We define late discharges as those that occur after 12:00pm. <h4>Methods</h4> We conducted a quality improvement initiative using the Plan-Do-Check-Act framework over the course of one year. We evaluated a baseline mean discharge time in pati...

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Literature Corpus work: c2e9411f-6ce4-5303-8450-41f973346cf6
DOI: 10.1101/2025.05.21.25328063

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