Promising Practices on Care Coordination & Readmissions

The Regional Medical Center at Memphis (The Med)

Discharge Resource Room Decreases Throughput Time

In: Urgent Matters Toolkit
By: George Washington University School of Public Health & Health Services Center for Health Policy Research
Published: 9/1/2006

The hospital implemented a discharge resource room (DRR) in order to free inpatient space for emergency department (ED) patients. Patients are moved to the ground floor DRR when they are ready to leave the hospital. This provides a comfortable space for them to receive discharge instructions from a registered nurse while wait for transportation to arrive.

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