Patient Safety Tooklit: Project RED’s New Toolkit Chapter

 

The Re-Engineered Discharge Toolkit, funded by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, has added a tool to help hospitals integrate family caregivers into the discharge plan.

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The tool, a new chapter in the Project RED Toolkit, targets family caregivers as a critical element in the success of the discharge plan and systematically reviews the challenges they face and the support and training they need from hospital staff. It details the process of working with family caregivers and structures it in five steps.

Download the new toolkit chapter for use in your own facility.

Note: View our database providing 150 reports that link to free, downloadable and adaptable tools for use in surgery centers, hospitals and other organizations by clicking here.

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