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A 72 yr old man is hospitalized for congestive heart failure. His medical problems include hypertension, coronary artery disease, peripheral vascular disease, hypercholesterolemia, prostate cancer, and mild neurocognitive disorder. The patient is stabilized medically and discharged home to live with his daughter, who has supervised his medications in the past. A week later, he is rehospitalized with recurrent heart failure. The patient thinks he took his medications daily since being discharged, but a pill count shows that he did not take the majority of his prescribed drugs. Which of the following interventions would likely have prevented this outcome?
A. Discharge checklist
B. Involvement of a social worker in discharge planning
C. Mini-mental state examination
D. Patient education
E. Simplification of medication dosing schedule
A 72 yr old man is hospitalized for congestive heart failure. His medical problems include hypertension, coronary artery disease, peripheral vascular disease, hypercholesterolemia, prostate cancer, and mild neurocognitive disorder. The patient is stabilized medically and discharged home to live with his daughter, who has supervised his medications in the past. A week later, he is rehospitalized with recurrent heart failure. The patient thinks he took his medications daily since being discharged, but a pill count shows that he did not take the majority of his prescribed drugs. Which of the following interventions would likely have prevented this outcome?
A. Discharge checklist
B. Involvement of a social worker in discharge planning
C. Mini-mental state examination
D. Patient education
E. Simplification of medication dosing schedule