Spanish Language Hospital Discharge Guide

The guide—Taking Care of Myself: A Guide for When I Leave the Hospital—is now available in Spanish. Cómo Cuidarme: Guía Para Cuando Salga del Hospital can help hospitals reduce their readmission rates by better preparing patients for self-care and follow-up appointments before they leave the hospital.
The guide is adapted from Project RED (Re-Engineered Discharge), which was funded by AHRQ and developed by Brian Jack, M.D., and colleagues at Boston University Medical Center. Learn more about RED and its health-literacy-informed approach at: http://www.ahrq.gov/qual/pips/jack.htm.
For a copy of the guide in Spanish, visit: http://www.ahrq.gov/qual/goinghomesp.htm. The English version of the guide is available at: http://www.ahrq.gov/qual/goinghomeguide.htm. 
To order print copies, email your request to AHRQPubs@ahrq.hhs.gov or call 800–358–9295.
For the brochure in Spanish, please reference AHRQ Pub. No. 10-0059-C. For the brochure in English, please reference AHRQ No. 10-0059 with your request.

Testing the Re-Engineered Hospital Discharge

Testing the Re-Engineered Hospital Discharge

Brian Jack, M.D.; Boston Medical Center, MA AHRQ Grant No. HS015905-01 Overview This project re-engineered the process of discharging patients from a hospital back into the community to make the process safer. The discharge workflow was redesigned using a set of discrete, mutually reinforcing components that aim to reduce post-discharge adverse events and subsequent re-hospitalizations. Two features of the re-engineered process are a discharge advocate who works with patients throughout the process, and the real time production of a simple, easy to understand discharge plan. The toolkit includes: A discharge manual and software program. A discharge advocate training manual and instructions. Patient education materials. Guidelines for medication reconciliation and for developing a discharge plan for patients. Instructions for telephone re-enforcement of the discharge plan. Target Audience Physicians, nurses, pharmacists, patients, caregivers. Health Care Setting Hospital care units. Toolkit Web Site http://www.bu.edu/familymed/projectred.html. AHRQ Products Taking Care of Myself: A Guide for When I Leave the Hospital Project RED (Re-Engineered Discharge) Training Program The Project RED (Re-Engineered Discharge) training program is designed to help hospitals re-engineer their discharge process. Using the study modules and supporting materials, hospitals will become familiar with Project RED's processes and components, determine metrics for evaluating impact, and learn how to implement Project RED. Press Releases AHRQ Awards More Than $8 Million To Further Implementation of Evidence-Based Patient Safety Findings June 8, 2005 Presentation Slides Project RED: Reengineering the Hospital Discharge Process Date: September 15, 2009 Venue: 2009 AHRQ Annual Conference http://www.ahrq.gov/about/annualconf09/jack.htm Testing the Re-Engineered Discharge: Hands-on Health Literacy (Text Version) Date: September 9, 2008 Venue: 2008 AHRQ Annual Conference http://www.ahrq.gov/about/annualmtg08/090908slides/Jack2.htm Reducing Avoidable Hospital Readmissions (Health Research & Educational Trust) Date: June 4, 2010 Venue: Florida Hospital Association Meeting http://www.ahrq.gov/news/kt/red/readmissionslides/readslides-contents.htm Journal Articles Preventing the preventable: reducing rehospitalizations through coordinated, patient-centered discharge processes. Greenwald JL, Jack BW. Prof Case Manag. 2009 May-Jun;14(3):135-40; quiz 141-2. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19474639?dopt=AbstractPlus A reengineered hospital discharge program to decrease rehospitalization: a randomized trial. Jack BW, Chetty VK, Anthony D, Greenwald JL, Sanchez GM, Johnson AE, Forsythe SR, O'Donnell JK, Paasche-Orlow MK, Manasseh C, Martin S, Culpepper L. Ann Intern Med. 2009 Feb 3;150(3):178-87. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19189907?dopt=AbstractPlus Impact Case Studies Society of Hospital Medicine — Posted July 2010 http://www.ahrq.gov/about/casestudies/ptsafety/ps2010i.htm Frequently Asked Questions Implementing Re-Engineered Hospital Discharges (Project RED)— Frequently Asked Questions http://www.ahrq.gov/news/kt/red/redfaq.htm