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How a Hospital Cut Length of Stay by 20 Percent with Discharge Operations
Hospitals are under pressure to move patients through efficiently without sacrificing care. Lucas and Luna examine how one academic medical center reduced average length of stay by 20 percent — not by rushing clinicians, but by redesigning the discharge process. They walk through the specific operational changes: a daily discharge huddle, a standardized checklist, and a dedicated discharge nurse role. They also discuss the metrics — how the hospital tracked readmission rates to ensure quality didn't drop, and how these changes actually improved patient satisfaction scores. The episode…
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