At 7:00 AM, the day team logs in. There’s already a list waiting, patients admitted overnight, a few pending from the ED, others flagged for discharge. The night team has left notes. Someone has…
Hospital medicine groups are frequently evaluated based on the total length of a patient’s hospital stay, even though portions of that stay occur before the patient reaches hospital medicine. This…
Hospital medicine teams are under increasing pressure to improve discharge efficiency, balance provider workloads, and reduce burnout — all while maintaining patient throughput and operational flow. Yet the metrics tied to discharge performance are often…
