Post-visit discharge follow-up checks
Post-visit discharge follow-up checks
Post-discharge follow-up care can be critical to driving positive healthcare outcomes. In addition to helping to identify potential complications earlier—and therefore improving the potential to mitigate any issues that can impact recovery—follow-up checks offer opportunities to confirm medication use, schedule follow-up appointments and communicate pending test results. Timely and consistent follow-up checks across service lines can also reduce hospital readmissions, which dramatically influence financial outcomes for healthcare providers.
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