Slide 7

Project RED: Module 3: The Re-Designed Discharge Process: Patient Admission and Care and Treatment Education: Slide 7

RED Checklist: Discharge and Followup

11 mutually reinforcing components:

1. Medication reconciliation
2. Reconcile discharge plan with national guidelines
3. Follow-up appointments
4. Outstanding tests
5. Post-discharge services
6. Written discharge plan
7. What to do if problem arises
8. Patient education
9. Assess patient understanding
10. Discharge summary sent to PCP
11. Telephone reinforcement

Notes:

The 11 components of RED overlap throughout the hospital stay. The ones highlighted on this slide focus on the end of the acute-care stay:

• Scheduling appointments.
• Reviewing pending tests.
• Writing the final discharge plan.
• Teaching the patient.
• Assessing patient understanding.
• Performing post-discharge activities related to contacting the PCP and patient.