Re-Engineering Discharge Project Charter

Project RED (Re-Engineered Discharge) Training Program

Provides a four-module training program to help hospitals implement Project RED.

Re-Engineering Discharge Project Charter

Start Date:

Problem/Goal Statement:

 

Benefits:

Why is this project important?

Describe the patient benefit.

What will the project achieve?

What is the business case (return on investment)?

Describe the organizational benefit.

Team Members:

  • Project Leader:
  • Physician Champion:
  • Team Champion/Sponsor:
  • Discharge Advocate:
  • Clinician/Clinical Nurse Specialist:
  • Pharmacist:
  • Staff Nurse:
  • Case Manager:
  • Social Worker/Home Care Representative:
  • Nurse Manager:
  • Information Systems Representative:
  • Others:

Stakeholders:

Leadership Signoff/Sanction:   ______________________________

StageTarget DateActual Date

Define

  

Measure

  

Analyze

  

Improve

  

Control

  

Completion Date:

  

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Current as of August 2011
Internet Citation: Re-Engineering Discharge Project Charter: Project RED (Re-Engineered Discharge) Training Program. August 2011. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/professionals/systems/hospital/red/charter.html