Turning over the Beds – How Optimizing Pre-Discharge Patient Teaching Reduced Discharge Delays in the Inpatient Hospital at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Brigham and Women's Hospital

IntroductionWith rapidly increasing demand at academic medical centers, inpatient resource allocation is a critical focus. Patients receiving autologous stem cell transplant (ASCT) often face complicated discharges, requiring lengthy day of discharge teaching sessions from nurses and dietitians that may cause delays in discharge time. We queried if streamlining the complex discharge process by scheduling teaching appointments in advance would...