Christian Riedel and Marco Clobes
…through higher-level capacity management
Although the scope of discharge management has been required by law since 2017, successful implementation includes much more than the content of the framework contract. Comprehensive and structured discharge planning begins with or even before the inpatient admission and extends over the entire stay and all treatment and process steps in the hospital. In addition, the occupancy and resource management starts with the planning of office hours and operating room appointments, results in an indication-appropriate care at wards and, if necessary, ends with a directly following post-inpatient care. Important elements, also in occupancy control, for example in areas relevant to PpUG, can be a boarding or holding area for patients, as well as an interdisciplinary short-stay station.
