February 22, 2021
Discharge Summaries – How are we doing?
The timely and and accurate completion of a patients discharge summary, connects the care we provide back to the patients clinical and social support network.
Graphs 1 to 3 – Discharge Summary – completion rates – Western Health Emergency Departments.



Like or Dislike?
What we like:
- The consistency in our performance in 2020.
- The improvement that occurred in 2020 when comparing our overall performance to 2019.
What we would like to see improve:
- Continued increase in compliance at Williamstown ED.
- Compliance rates above 80% at all three sites