Important aspect of care. Assessment, evaluation, and treatment planning. To guide planning and decision making adequately, the comprehensive psychosocial assessment addresses both problems and strengths in the patient and his or her situation and spells out the implications of this information for treatment and posthospital planning. The number of reviewed charts that meet comprehensive criteria divided by the total number of charts reviewed, on a sampling basis if necessary. Other influencing factors.
Patient leaves before five days.
Timely Contact with Family and Significant Others. Patients' families and significant others receive social work services early in the hospitalization. Important aspect of care. The family and significant others are crucial to the accurate assessment and appropriate treatment of each patient. Early contact by the social worker ensures that the patient is considered in a biopsychosocial context and that patient and family have sufficient time to deal with the crisis of hospitalization and to plan for the transition and discharge.