Reduced postdischarge incidents after implementation of a hospital-to-home transition intervention for children with medical complexity.

https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/reduced-postdischarge-incidents-after-implementation-hospital-home-transition-intervention Reduced postdischarge incidents after implementation of a hospital-to-home transition intervention for children with medical complexity. Huth K, Hotz A, Emara N, et al. J Patient Saf. 2023;19(7):493-500. The transition from hospital to home is a vulnerable time as patients may have changes in medications or care needs, or difficulties accessing follow up with an outpatient provider. To reduce adverse events (AE), rehospitalizations, and emergency department visits, this hospital developed a structured discharge bundle based on the I-PASS tool used for inpatient handoffs. AE, rehospitalizations, and emergency department visits were all reduced following implementation of the I-PASS bundle.