miércoles, 22 de marzo de 2017

Taking Care of Myself: A Guide for When I Leave the Hospital | Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality

Taking Care of Myself: A Guide for When I Leave the Hospital | Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality

AHRQ News Now

New AHRQ Grantee Profile Highlights Work of Boston University’s Brian Jack, M.D., To Help Prevent Avoidable Hospital Readmissions

Jack
A new grantee profile explores how the AHRQ-funded work of Brian Jack, M.D., a professor of family medicine at Boston University School of Medicine, lowered rates of return trips to the hospital. He developed the Re-Engineered Discharge, or RED, protocol, which uses strategies to promote safer patient care and reduce avoidable hospital readmissions. AHRQ also worked with Dr. Jack to develop an implementation-ready toolkit and guide for patients (in English and Spanish) to extend his work so that health providers can apply RED and address language barriers in health care communications. Check out the profile of Dr. Jack and other AHRQ grantees who have made major advances in health services research.

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






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

Contents

Using the Guide

Taking Care of Myself: A Guide for When I Leave the Hospital is a guide that providers can use to give patients the information they need to help them care for themselves when they leave the hospital.

How to use the fill-able PDF file:

Note: Some Web browsers may not allow you to fill in the blanks in this PDF file. To add your personal information to the guide, you may have to save the file to your computer and open it in Adobe® Acrobat® or Acrobat Reader®.
To save your additions, you have to use Adobe® Acrobat®. Follow these steps:
  1. Download the PDF file and save it to your computer.
  2. Open the file using Adobe Acrobat and type your information in the spaces provided.
  3. Save the completed file to your computer.
  4. Print the file, if desired.
You can view and add information to the file using Acrobat Reader®, but you will not be able to save your additions. Follow these steps:
  1. Download the PDF file and save it to your computer.
  2. Open the file using Adobe Reader and type your information in the spaces provided.
  3. Print the file.
    Note: You will not be able to save any changes made to the PDF file.

Hospital staff use:

  • Download the PDF Version to your computer and complete all of the information in the guide (except patient question sections).
  • Talk with patients about the information in the guide.
  • Confirm that patients understand instructions by asking patients to describe, in their own words, what they will do when they leave the hospital (e.g., when and how they will take their medicine, when they will go to their doctor's office).
  • Give the patient a copy of the completed guide to take home and instruct them to take it to future medical appointments.

Patient use:

  • Become familiar with the information covered in the guide before you enter the hospital.
  • Make sure that the information about you in the guide is correct (e.g. medication allergies, contact information, primary care provider information).
  • Study the guide with your clinicians to make sure you or your family members understand everything that is in it and how to care for yourself when you get home.
  • Take the guide to your future medical appointments.

How to Order A Copy of This Guide

To get a free copy of this guide, send an E-mail to the AHRQ Publications Clearinghouse at AHRQPubs@ahrq.hhs.gov or call 1-800-358-9295 and ask for AHRQ Publication No. 10-0059. For other consumer and patient materials, go to the AHRQ Web site at: http://www.ahrq.gov/patients-consumers/.

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

To use this guide you should:
  • Talk with the hospital staff about each of the items that are listed in the guide.
  • Take the completed guide home with you. It will help you to take care of yourself when you go home.
  • Share the guide with your family members and others who want to help you. The guide will help them know how to help take care of you.
  • Bring the guide to all of your doctor appointments so the doctor knows what you have been doing to care for yourself since you left the hospital.
When you leave the hospital, there are a lot of things you need to do to take care of yourself. You need to see your doctor, take your medicines, exercise, eat healthy foods, and know whom to call with questions or problems. This guide helps you keep track of all the things you need to do.
My name: _______________________________________________
When I'm leaving the hospital _______________________________
If I have questions or problems, I should call:
________________________________________________________
Phone number: __________________________________________
If I have a serious health problem, I should call:
________________________________________________________
Phone number: ___________________________________________
Bring this plan to all your medical appointments.
What is my medical problem?
______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
What are my medication allergies?
______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
Where is my pharmacy?
______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
What exercises are good for me?
______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
What should I eat?
______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
What activities or foods should I avoid?
______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________

What medicines do I need to take?

Each day, follow this schedule:

Morning Medicines

Medicines name (generic and name brand and amount)Why am I taking this medicine?How much
do I take?
How do I take this medicine?
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    

Afternoon Medicines

Medicines name (generic and name brand and amount)Why am I taking this medicine?How much do I take?How do I take this medicine?
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    

Evening Medicines

Medicines name (generic and name brand and amount)Why am I taking this medicine?How much do I take?How do I take this medicine?
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    

Bedtime Medicines

Medicines name (generic and name brand and amount)Why am I taking this medicine?How much do I take?How do I take this medicine?
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    

What other medicines can I take?

 Medication name
and amount
How much
do I take?
How do I take this medicine?
If I need medicine for a headache   
If I need medicine to stop smoking   
If I need medicine for
______________
   
If I need medicine for
_____________
   
If I need medicine for
_____________
   
If I need medicine for
_____________
   
If I need medicine for
_____________
   
If I need medicine for
_____________
   

When are my next appointments?

Day ____________Date ____________
Time _____________________
Doctor's name ______________Specialty ____________________
Address _____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________
Reason for appointment ___________________________________________________
Doctor's phone number ____________________________________________

Questions for my appointment

Check any of the boxes below and write notes to remember what to discuss with your doctor.
I have questions about:
___ My medicines ________________________________________________
___ My test results ________________________________________________
___ My pain _____________________________________________________
___ Feeling stressed _____________________________________________
Other questions or concerns ________________________________________
         ___________________________________________________________

When are my next appointments?

Day ____________Date ____________
Time _____________________
Doctor's name ______________Specialty ____________________
Address _____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________
Reason for appointment ___________________________________________________
Doctor's phone number ____________________________________________

Questions for my appointment

Check any of the boxes below and write notes to remember what to discuss with your doctor.
I have questions about:
___ My medicines ________________________________________________
___ My test results ________________________________________________
___ My pain _____________________________________________________
___ Feeling stressed _____________________________________________
___ Other questions or concerns ____________________________________
         __________________________________________________________

When are my next appointments?

Day ____________Date ____________
Time _____________________
Doctor's name ______________Specialty ____________________
Address _____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________
Reason for appointment ___________________________________________________
Doctor's phone number ____________________________________________

Questions for my appointment

Check any of the boxes below and write notes to remember what to discuss with your doctor.
I have questions about:
___ My medicines ________________________________________________
___ My test results ________________________________________________
___ My pain _____________________________________________________
___ Feeling stressed _____________________________________________
___ Other questions or concerns ____________________________________
         __________________________________________________________

When are my next appointments?

Day ____________Date ____________
Time _____________________
Doctor's name ______________Specialty ____________________
Address _____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________
Reason for appointment ___________________________________________________
Doctor's phone number ____________________________________________

Questions for my appointment

Check any of the boxes below and write notes to remember what to discuss with your doctor.
I have questions about:
___ My medicines ________________________________________________
___ My test results ________________________________________________
___ My pain _____________________________________________________
___ Feeling stressed _____________________________________________
___ Other questions or concerns ____________________________________
         __________________________________________________________

When are my next appointments?

Day ____________Date ____________
Time _____________________
Doctor's name ______________Specialty ____________________
Address _____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________
Reason for appointment ___________________________________________________
Doctor's phone number ____________________________________________

Questions for my appointment

Check any of the boxes below and write notes to remember what to discuss with your doctor.
I have questions about:
___ My medicines ________________________________________________
___ My test results ________________________________________________
___ My pain _____________________________________________________
___ Feeling stressed _____________________________________________
___ Other questions or concerns ____________________________________
         __________________________________________________________

Notes about my medical problem

 

About 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/ Link to Exit Disclaimer
More detailed tools for implementing RED, and revisions of existing tools to ensure that diverse populations—especially patients with limited English proficiency, are now being developed. The tools will be completed by late 2012 and posted on the AHRQ Web site and the Boston University Medical Center's Project RED Web site.
Page last reviewed April 2010
Page originally created April 2010
Internet Citation: Taking Care of Myself: A Guide for When I Leave the Hospital. Content last reviewed April 2010. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/patients-consumers/diagnosis-treatment/hospitals-clinics/goinghome/index.html

No hay comentarios: