TY - JOUR T1 - Speedier discharges: a simple project to identify ways to expedite inpatient discharges JF - Future Healthcare Journal JO - Future Healthc J SP - 75 LP - 75 DO - 10.7861/futurehealth.6-2-s75 VL - 6 IS - Suppl 2 AU - Sushuma Kalidindi AU - Christina Longhurst AU - Zia Din Y1 - 2019/06/01 UR - http://www.rcpjournals.org/content/6/Suppl_2/75.abstract N2 - Delays in inpatients’ discharges can have a major effect on patient flow and patient experience, as well as a financial burden on the trust.1 The aims of our project were to: discover if there were any delays to patient dischargesdetect any themes good or bad which enabled or hindered the discharge process.After discussion with all members of the multidisciplinary teams and discharge facilitators, a questionnaire was developed. An audit of all patients discharged from the medical division over 24 hours was undertaken using the questionnaire and medical notes. Further information was obtained from our in-house information technology system. An … ER -