ArticleJournal of pediatric nursing
Using the Engaging Parents in Education for Discharge (ePED) iPad Application to Improve Parent Discharge Experience.
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7 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 15 citations in OpenAlex.
- Hospital-to-home transitions for children with medical complexity: part 1, a systematic review of reported outcomes.European journal of pediatrics · 2023Pooled it
- Effect of health information technology (HIT)-based discharge transition interventions on patient readmissions and emergency room visits: a systematic review.Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA · 2022Pooled it
- Experience, barriers and facilitators of discharge readiness in patients with acute pancreatitis: a descriptive qualitative study.BMJ open · 2026Article
- Creation and Implementation of a Multidisciplinary Pediatric Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant Discharge Coordination Program.Nursing reports (Pavia, Italy) · 2025Article
- One Size Does Not Fit All: Discharge Teaching and Child Challenging Behaviors.Western journal of nursing research · 2022Article
- Articulation of postsurgical patient discharges: coordinating care transitions from hospital to home.Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA · 2022Article
- Engaging Parents in Education for Discharge (ePED): Evaluating the Reach, Adoption & Implementation of an Innovative Discharge Teaching Method.Journal of pediatric nursingArticle
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Abstract
purposeThe purpose of this study was to evaluate the use of the Engaging Parents in Education for Discharge (ePED) iPad application on parent experiences of hospital discharge teaching and care coordination. Hypotheses were: parents exposed to discharge teaching using ePED will have 1) higher quality of discharge teaching and 2) better care coordination than parents exposed to usual discharge teaching. The secondary purpose examined group differences in the discharge teaching, care coordination, and 30-day readmissions for parents of children with and without a chronic condition. DESIGN/
methodsUsing a quasi-experimental design, ePED was implemented on one inpatient unit (n = 211) and comparison group (n = 184) from a separate unit at a pediatric academic medical center. Patient experience outcome measures collected on day of discharge included Quality of Discharge Teaching Scale-Delivery (QDTS-D) and care coordination measured by Care Transition Measure (CTM). Thirty-day readmission was abstracted from records.
resultsParents taught using ePED reported higher QDTS-D scores than parents without ePED (p = .002). No differences in CTM were found between groups. Correlations between QDTS-D and CTM were small for ePED (r = 0.14, p 0.03) and non-ePED (r = 0.29, p < .001) parent groups. CTM was weakly associated with 30-day readmissions in the ePED group.
conclusionThe use of ePED by the discharging nurse enhances parent-reported quality of discharge teaching. PRACTICE IMPLICATIONS: The ePED app is a theory-based structured conversation guide to engage parents in discharge preparation. Nursing implementation of ePED contributes to optimizing the patient/family healthcare experience.
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