The proportion of patients discharged from a hospital-based inpatient psychiatric setting with a post discharge continuing care plan created. This measure is a part of a set of seven nationally implemented measures that address hospital-based inpatient psychiatric services (HBIPS-1: Admission Screening for Violence Risk, Substance Use, Psychological Trauma History and Patient Strengths completed, HBIPS-2: Physical Restraint, HBIPS-3: Seclusion, HBIPS-4: Multiple Antipsychotic Medications at Discharge, HBIPS-5: Multiple Antipsychotic Medications at Discharge with Appropriate Justification and HBIPS-7: Post Discharge Continuing Care Plan Transmitted) that are used in The Joint Commission’s accreditation process. Note that this is a paired measure with HBIPS-7 (Post Discharge Continuing Care Plan Transmitted).
Measure Specs
General Information
Numerator
Psychiatric inpatients for whom the post discharge continuing care plan is created and contains all of the following: reason for hospitalization, principal discharge diagnosis, discharge medications and next level of care recommendations.
Denominator
Psychiatric inpatient discharges
Exclusions
• Patients who expired
• Patients with an unplanned departure resulting in discharge due to elopement
• Patients or their guardians who refused aftercare
• Patients or guardians who refused to sign authorization to release information
• Patients with an unplanned departure resulting in discharge due to failing to return from leave
• Patient´s residence is not in the USA, and they are returning to another country after discharge
• Patients readmitted to the same facility within 5 days after discharge
Measure Record
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