Discharge planning definition

Discharge planning means the formal process for determining, prior to discharge from a facility, the coordination and management of the care that a patient receives following discharge from a facility.
Discharge planning means the formal process for determining, prior to discharge from a facility,
Discharge planning means the process, which begins at admission, of determining an enrollee’s continued need for treatment services and of developing a plan to address ongoing needs.

Examples of Discharge planning in a sentence

  • Discharge planning begins on admission and occurs at all transitions of care, including but not limited to intra-system transfers, transfer to and from community-based healthcare facilities, transfers to and from correctional facilities in other jurisdictions, discharges from custody, and re-admission to DDOC.


More Definitions of Discharge planning

Discharge planning means the process, begun at admission, of determining a client/patient’s continued need for treatment services and of developing a plan to address ongoing client/patient posttreatment needs. Discharge planning may or may not include a document identified as a discharge plan.
Discharge planning means planning and coordination of treatment and social services associated with the patient’s dis- charge from treatment, including the preparation of a discharge summary as required under s. DHS 75.03 (17).
Discharge planning or "transition planning" means the process, begun at admission, of determining a consumer’s continued need for treatment services and of developing a plan to address ongoing consumer post-treatment and recovery needs. Discharge planning may or may not include a document identified as a discharge plan.
Discharge planning means a process of establishing goals and objectives for a patient in preparation for the patient’s discharge.
Discharge planning means the process, begun at admission, of determining a consumer's continued need for treatment services and of developing a plan to address ongoing consumer post-treatment and recovery needs.
Discharge planning means the process, beginning at admission of determining a consumer's continued need for treatment services and developing a plan to address ongoing consumer recovery needs.
Discharge planning means the process, begun at admission, of determining a patient’s continued need for licensed program services and of developing a plan to address ongoing patient needs following discharge.