Study finds new system can cut patient waiting times for discharge

A new approach to hospital discharges at UCLA reduced the time patients spend waiting to leave the hospital by nearly 50% for four common diagnoses and improved length of hospital stay by 2.5 days, according to a new pilot study at UCLA Health. Researchers say the standardized system could also serve as a case study for U.S. hospitals facing insufficient bed capacity and slow patient throughput.

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