Service Information
Hospital Discharge Planning
City of Lakes Family Health Team
Category: Hospital Transition to Home Support
Service Details
Description:

In order to ensure patients receive follow-up and care in the community following discharge from hospital we provide a hospital discharge planning program.



This includes the following activities:



  • follow-up phone calls within 48 hrs of being discharged home;

  • schedule an appointment within 10 days of discharge;

  • infant discharges will be assessed by a provider within 2-4 days of being discharged;

  • appropriate community agency and specialty referrals will be reviewed, contacted and/or established at the 48hr phone call;

  • provide patients with information on community resources;

  • prepare referrals to community agencies;

  • provide information on new prescriptions; and,
    when necessary, our pharmacist will provide a medication review within 1 week of hospital discharge.

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Languages: English
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