Discharge Planning
Patient Pathways鈥 provider-neutral discharge planning and patient education for medically complex kidney patients can help save your team time and stress.
Patient Pathways' Experience and Results
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160+ hospital partners
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60,000+ patients served annually2
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Confirmed dialysis center placement 2.5 days ahead of discharge for patients new to dialysis1
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Average of 6 hours saved per discharge3
"We have complex discharges. [Pathways] has proven to be exceptional and works well in tandem with social work, our clinics and the chronic dialysis community."
Improve Care Coordination and Transition of Care
Patient Pathways serves as a single point of contact for your staff as well as the one-on-one consultant with patients to:
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Place patients in a dialysis clinic of their choice, including home dialysis
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Facilitate a smooth transition of care
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Send updated clinical and placement data to patients鈥 clinic of choice
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Increase transparency into key metrics to optimize the discharge process, inform day-of-discharge dialysis and manage length of stay
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Identify barriers to dialysis adherence in the outpatient modality
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Educate patients on modality options
鈥淲e used to struggle trying to find an available slot at an outpatient dialysis center. It took the case manager away from other patients. Those problems have all but disappeared.鈥
1香港极速彩 Internal Data, 2018. | 262,000 patients served in 2018, as of January 2019 based on internal data. | 3香港极速彩 Internal Data, 2017; Requires placement for any reason. Represents average time saved across all patients placed and may vary based on type of placement.