Discharge Planning 101 (Part 1): How to Safely Discharge a Patient from the Hospital

[@janiceetomlinson]

I am completely new to discharge planning and I learned more in this video than I did in the past 2 weeks of training with my preceptor. It has been a confusing 2 weeks. Thank you!

[@morninggloryfarmstead]

I'm a nurse but this was a great refresher just to remember the concepts that need to be top of mind prior to discharge!

[@OnTheMarkWriting1]

This was fantastic! I am just getting into discharge planning at a skilled nursing facility and really could use some help getting put on solid ground. Thanks for all your tips and I look forward to watching your future videos.

[@Sammy.a1287]

SO INCREDIBLY HELPFUL! You are a legend Dr. Jeong!

[@RuthStroman]

Thank you this was super helpful for me to understand d/c planning.

[@myllasupatan7530]

thanks for a thorough discharge planning video

[@iCanonKiD]

Great video! Do you have advice for resources to prepare for intern year?

[@MonicaJeong]

Sure! I can really only speak to internal medicine intern year. My main pieces of advice are: 1) Don't stress too much about "preparing" for intern year - remember to have fun before residency starts! You'll learn most things on the job. 2) If you're dead set on preparing, choose just 1 or 2 resources, whether it's listening to a podcast at least once weekly (such as Clinical Problem Solvers) or subscribing to New England Journal of Medicine and reading 1-2 articles per week. And stick to it through residency!

[@steph3721]

thank you for this video 🫶🏽 i am wondering since some of this information sounds like something a medical social worker would do! so do doctor's go through the same list?

[@banealics1108]

This is great, i am pgy1 and wana be hospitalist , looking forward to your vidoes

[@MonicaJeong]

Thank you so much!! Amazing! Hospitalist is a great field :)

[@alexkumi6954]

Great video

[@vivekmahajan5178]

Hello Monica, I would like to partner with you to educate discharge planners across the country. How do I get in touch with you ?

[@yasiranzar4343]

Great job. 👍

[@lynel2765]

Hi. How do I talk to, what do I say, or approach the patient or the patient's family in discharging the patient. Or is that something a social worker will be doing ? Do I need to read a patient's record about his hospital stay to determine what their skill needs are, what their DME could be , etc ? How many days do I normally have to get all that is required before the pt is discharged ? Am I to keep track of what the pt needs when they leave before even a Dr give the patient a discharge date ? thx

[@MonicaJeong]

If you're the primary intern or resident, you should be able to keep your patient updated each day in terms of when you anticipate they'll be discharged. Discharge is a team effort! You'll typically have a case manager and social worker helping you.

[@ICUSocialWorker]

It’s important to make sure the family does not mislead what you tell them. An example was provided to us that the family interpreted for a man who was having his leg amputated. They realized the family did not tell him his leg was being amputated and surgery was stopped.