Guide to Help Hospital Patients Take Care of Themselves

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Taking Care of Myself: A Guide for When I Leave the Hospital

 

Taking Care of Myself: A Guide for When I Leave the Hospital is a guide to help

patients care for themselves when they leave the hospital. The easy-to-read

guide can be used by both hospital staff and patients during the discharge

process and provides a way for patients to keep track their medication

schedules, upcoming medical appointments, and important phone numbers.

The guide is available in English at:

http://www.ahrq.gov/qual/goinghomeguide.htm 

 

A fillable-PDF of the guide lets you put information about patients directly

into the Guide.

 

Taking Care of Myself: A Guide for When I Leave the Hospital is adapted from the

Project RED (Re-Engineered Discharge), which was funded by the Agency for

Healthcare Research and Quality and the National Heart, Lung, and Blood

Institute and operated by the Boston University Medical Center.

 

Project RED showed that preparing patients to care for themselves when they

leave the hospital can improve patient safety and reduce re-hospitalization

rates. Giving patients an easy-to-understand discharge plan is 1 of 11 elements

in the RED process.

 

More information about Project RED and tools to support some of the other

elements of the RED can be obtained at: https://www.bu.edu/fammed/projectred/