Early discharge and patient acuity

Rice, A. N., et al  (2021). Fast-Tracking Patients in an Academic Hospital to Increase Efficiency and Decrease Discharge Delays: A Process Improvement Plan. Journal of PeriAnesthesia Nursing, 36(6), Full Text for Emory Users 615-621. 


Aicher, B. O., et al  (2019). Reduced length of stay and 30-day readmission rate on an inpatient vascular surgery service. Journal of Vascular Nursing, 37(2), 78-85 Free Full Text .

Venkatesan, C., et al (2016). Outcomes trends for acute myocardial infarction, congestive heart failure, and pneumonia, 2005-2009. Am J Manag Care, 22(1), e9-17. Doyle, D. (2018) Free Full Text.


Chronic care management: Transitional care models for readmission reduction (Doctoral dissertation, Johns Hopkins University). Al Mashalah, H. A. M. A. (2019) Free Full Text

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Studying The Impacts of Occupancy Rate on Length of Stay and Outcomes At The Emergency Department At The Regina General Hospital (Doctoral dissertation, Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research, University of Regina) Free Full Text

Nissen, K. M. (2021). Operationalizing the ACS NSQUIP® SRC to Impact Surgical 30-Day Readmissions (Doctoral dissertation, Grand Canyon University). Morgan, T. A., et al . (2021) Free Full Text.

Patient acuity tools in the hospital setting

McLellan, M., & Connor, J. (n.d.). The Cardiac Children’s Hospital Early Warning Score (C-CHEWS). Journal of Pediatric Nursing., 28(2), 171-178.

Incesti, S., Bender, S., & Delunas, L. (n.d.). Development of a patient acuity model for an inpatient rehabilitation unit. Rehabilitation Nursing., 40(3), 133-138.

The Canadian Triage and Acuity Scale for children: A prospective multicenter evaluation. (n.d.). Annals of Emergency Medicine : Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians., 60(1), Annals of emergency medicine : journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians. , 2012, Vol.60(1).

Brennan, C., Daly, B., Dawson, N., Higgins, P., Jones, K., Madigan, E., & Van Der Meulen, J. (2012). The oncology acuity tool: A reliable, valid method for measuring patient acuity for nurse assignment decisions. Journal of Nursing Measurement., 20(3), 155-185.

Lovett, R., Reardon, M., Gordon, B., & McMillan, S. (n.d.). Validity and reliability of medical and surgical oncology patient acuity tools. Oncology Nursing Forum., 21(10), 1709-1717.

Gravel, J., Manzano, S., & Arsenault, M. (n.d.). Validity of the Canadian Paediatric Triage and Acuity Scale in a tertiary care hospital. CJEM : Canadian Journal of Emergency Medical Care = JCMU : Journal Canadien De Soins Médicaux D’urgence., 11(1), 23-28.