Tools to improve discharge equity: Protocol for the pilot TIDE trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Written discharge instructions after hospitalization promote patient understanding and positive clinical outcomes. Despite the rising prevalence of patients with non-English language preference (NELP) in the U.S., most hospitals do not routinely provide discharge instructions in their preferred language, thereby placing them at higher risk for medical errors and hospital readmission. Innovative solutions to close this implementation gap at hospital discharge for patients with NELP are needed. The Tools to Improve Discharge Equity (TIDE) intervention leverages communication practices proven effective in addressing communication barriers to create language concordant discharge tools from hospital discharge paperwork.

Methods

We present the protocol for a type I hybr

SUBMITTER: Austad K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11731754 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature