Discharge Planning
Patient Pathways’ provider-neutral discharge planning and patient education for medically complex kidney patients can help save your team time and stress.
Patient Pathways' Experience and Results
160+ hospital partners
60,000+ patients served annually2
Confirmed dialysis center placement 2.5 days ahead of discharge for patients new to dialysis1
Average of 6 hours saved per discharge3
"We have complex discharges. [Pathways] has proven to be exceptional and works well in tandem with social work, our clinics and the chronic dialysis community."
- Patient Pathways Partner
Improve Care Coordination and Transition of Care
Patient Pathways serves as a single point of contact for your staff as well as the one-on-one consultant with patients to:
Place patients in a dialysis clinic of their choice, including home dialysis
Facilitate a smooth transition of care
Send updated clinical and placement data to patients’ clinic of choice
Increase transparency into key metrics to optimize the discharge process, inform day-of-discharge dialysis and manage length of stay
Identify barriers to dialysis adherence in the outpatient modality
Educate patients on modality options
“We used to struggle trying to find an available slot at an outpatient dialysis center. It took the case manager away from other patients. Those problems have all but disappeared.”
- Patient Pathways Partner
1DaVita Internal Data, 2018. | 262,000 patients served in 2018, as of January 2019 based on internal data. | 3DaVita Internal Data, 2017; Requires placement for any reason. Represents average time saved across all patients placed and may vary based on type of placement.