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BEFORE YOU LEAVE-KNOW B4 YOU GO!
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Know B4 You Go!
YOUR PLAN
Your healthcare PLAN is
any instructions your doctor gives you for after-hospital care. This includes:
• New medicines & how to take them
• Surgical site care
• Limits on diet or physical activity while healing
REMEMBER, If you don't understand, ASK until
you do!
YOUR MEDS
Has your doctor given you new MEDICINES to take?
• Do you know WHY, WHEN & HOW MUCH to take?
Have you told your doctor about any OTHER medicines you’re taking?
• Do any of your medicines LOOK alike or SOUND alike? Know the di erence!
YOUR ROLE
Your ROLE (how you take part in your care) is to:
• FOLLOW all instructions from your doctor after you are released from the hospital.
• CONTINUE to manage your existing chronic diseases such as diabetes, heart disease or COPD.
It could help you avoid hospital readmission!
Use our Discharge Checklist!
