Pathways of Care Following ED Discharge for Renal Colic

Lead

Dave Friedlander, MD, MPH

Project Management Team

Kelly Reilly, MEd 

Cristina Collins

Aim 

Aim: Improve timely access to post-emergency department (ED) discharge ambulatory follow-up care for renal colic patients by:

1.Standardizing risk-adjusted ED discharge protocols

2.Establish/streamline access to internal medicine/urology clinics

Outcome Measure:

• ↓ rate of potentially avoidable ED revisits
• By ↓ time to ambulatory follow-up from 40 to 20 days for patients being discharged from Hillsborough ED with a diagnosis of renal colic by September 30, 2024.

Project Materials

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