Nurses only and multidisciplinary teams were the most frequent professionals to provide education , and most educational interventions were delivered postdischarge .
Psychoeducational interventions were generally effective at reducing smoking and admissions for patients with ACS .
Culturally appropriate health education , self-management educational interventions , group medical visits and psychoeducational interventions were generally effective for patients with T2DM .
Results indicate that there is a body of current evidence about the efficacy of health education , its content and delivery methods for patients with ACS or T2DM .
OBJECTIVES This umbrella review aim ed to identify the current evidence on health education-related interventions for patients with acute coronary syndrome ( ACS ) or type two diabetes mellitus ( T2DM ) ; identify the educational content , delivery methods , intensity , duration and setting required .
The purpose was to provide recommendations for educational interventions for high-risk patients with both ACS and T2DM .
Comprehensive discharge planning for the hospitalized elderly. A randomized clinical trial.
OBJECTIVE To study the effects of a comprehensive discharge planning protocol , design ed specifically for the elderly and implemented by nurse specialists , on  patient and caregiver outcomes and cost of care . DESIGN R and omized clinical trial . SETTING Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania . PATIENTS 276 patients and 125 caregivers . Patients were 70 years and older and were placed in selected medical and surgical cardiac diagnostic-related groups . MEASUREMENTS Group differences in patient outcomes ( length of initial hospital stay , length of time between initial hospital discharge and readmission , and rehospitalization rates ) and charges for care ( charges for initial hospitalization , rehospitalizations , health services after discharge , and nurse specialist services ) were measured 2 , 6 , and 12 weeks after discharge . RESULTS From the initial hospital discharge to 6 weeks after discharge , patients in the medical intervention group had fewer readmissions , fewer total days rehospitalized , lower readmission charges , and lower charges for health care services after discharge . No differences in these outcomes were found between the surgical intervention and control groups during this period . CONCLUSIONS Study findings support the need for comprehensive discharge planning design ed for the elderly and implemented by nurse specialists to improve their outcomes after hospital discharge and to achieve cost savings . The findings also suggest that this intervention had its greatest effect in delaying or preventing rehospitalization of patients in the medical intervention group during the first 6 weeks after discharge
Nurses only and multidisciplinary teams were the most frequent professionals to provide education , and most educational interventions were delivered postdischarge .
Psychoeducational interventions were generally effective at reducing smoking and admissions for patients with ACS .
Culturally appropriate health education , self-management educational interventions , group medical visits and psychoeducational interventions were generally effective for patients with T2DM .
Results indicate that there is a body of current evidence about the efficacy of health education , its content and delivery methods for patients with ACS or T2DM .
OBJECTIVES This umbrella review aim ed to identify the current evidence on health education-related interventions for patients with acute coronary syndrome ( ACS ) or type two diabetes mellitus ( T2DM ) ; identify the educational content , delivery methods , intensity , duration and setting required .
The purpose was to provide recommendations for educational interventions for high-risk patients with both ACS and T2DM .