Title

Very Important Discharge Appointment (VIDA)

Authors

Jennifer Burris, St. Cloud Hospital, CentraCare HealthFollow
Holly Kockler, CentraCare HealthFollow
Gail Olson, St. Cloud Hospital, CentraCare HealthFollow
Kristi Patterson, St. Cloud Hospital, CentraCare HealthFollow
Natasha Pflueger, St. Cloud Hospital, CentraCare HealthFollow
Jennifer Salzer, CentraCare HealthFollow
LeAnn Volkers, St. Cloud Hospital, CentraCare HealthFollow

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Description

To improve patient flow, access, and decrease strain on resources by enhancing the current process of Discharge and Loop Back Huddle by identifying two patients for early discharge the next day.

Current Practices:

• Discharge huddle and Loopback (Discuss care progression for all pts)
• Discharge planning using the IDEAL Model (Patient and Family Engagement with Discharge)
• Electronic Discharge Readiness Tools (Exp Discharge Date, Discharge milestones, etc.)

Next piece of the puzzle:

• VIDA: a framework to identify 2 patients to be discharged before 11 am – so the bulk of our discharges do not occur between Noon and 4:00 pm.
• Decreasing the strain on internal and external resources.

Publication Date

2022

City

St. Cloud, MN

Keywords

Discharge planning, IDEAL model, Improving patient flow, Electronic discharge, Electronic medical record

Disciplines

Other Nursing

Comments

Nurses Week Poster 2022

Recommended Citation

Burris, Jennifer; Kockler, Holly; Olson, Gail; Patterson, Kristi; Pflueger, Natasha; Salzer, Jennifer; and Volkers, LeAnn, "Very Important Discharge Appointment (VIDA)" (2022). Nursing Posters. 135.
https://digitalcommons.centracare.com/nursing_posters/135