Arti D Desai, Anagha Tolpadi, Layla Parast, Megan Esporas, Maria T Britto, Courtney Gidengil, Karen Wilson, Naomi S Bardach, William T Basco, Mark S Brittan, David P Johnson, Kelly E Wood, Steven Yung, Erin Dawley, Darren Fiore, LiseAnne Gregoire, Laura N Hodo, Brett Leggett, Kirstin Piazza, Laura F Sartori, Danielle E Weber, Rita Mangione-Smith
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Written discharge instructions help to bridge hospital-to-home transitions for patients and families, though substantial variation in discharge instruction quality exists. We aimed to assess the association between participation in an Institute for Healthcare Improvement Virtual Breakthrough Series collaborative and the quality of pediatric written discharge instructions across 8 US hospitals. METHODS: We conducted a multicenter, interrupted time-series analysis of a medical records-based quality measure focused on written discharge instruction content (0-100 scale, higher scores reflect better quality)...
May 1, 2023: Pediatrics