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August 14, 2025CureusOpen Access

Streamlining Patient Transitions: A Surgical Discharge Card Initiative at Almanagil Teaching Hospital

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AMAbubakr MuhammedAAAbdalmahmoud Asadig Kanan AhmedMAMohammad Alrawi

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Overview

Quality improvement initiative enhanced discharge documentation quality in surgical patients, indicating better patient safety.

Key Points

  • Post-intervention audits showed compliance rose from 52.9% to 94.6%, significantly improving patient safety and documentation quality.
  • Documentation of critical details, like patient address and clinical elements, jumped from 0% to over 90% after implementing the discharge card.
  • The quality improvement project involved two audit cycles and targeted training for clinical staff, focusing on best practices in discharge documentation.
  • The initiative demonstrates that standardized tools in resource-limited settings can lead to substantial improvements in patient care outcomes.

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Muhammed et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68af6c0b7567bf4f94fea108https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.90125
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