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Slide 24

Project RED: Re-Engineered Discharge (Staff Training)

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

Discharge Advocate

  • Project RED's 11 components let the DA:
    • Prepare patients for hospital discharge
    • Help patients safely transition from hospital to home
    • Promote patient self-health management
    • Support patients after discharge through follow-up phone call

Notes:

"The 11 Project RED components reviewed earlier support the DA's ability to prepare patients for discharge, help them transition home, promote patient self management, and support them after discharge with a follow-up phone call."

Page last reviewed August 2011
Internet Citation: Slide 24: Project RED: Re-Engineered Discharge (Staff Training). August 2011. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://archive.ahrq.gov/professionals/systems/hospital/red/staff-training/slide24.html

 

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