For patients and families · and the discharge planners who hand this out

Before you leave the hospital

Three quick choices, then a printed list of what to ask the care team: who to call, what to watch for, your medicines, help at home, equipment and the first follow-up visit. About five minutes, start to finish.

How this works. The list is built in this browser tab from your three choices. Nothing is sent, saved or recorded, and it asks for no name or health details. It is built from the Medicare discharge planning checklist (CMS), MedlinePlus and, for hip and knee surgery, AAOS OrthoInfo (all checked 2026-09-29). It is education, not medical advice: the instructions your own care team gives you come first. In an emergency, call 911.
1. What was the hospital stay for?
2. Where are you going next?
3. Anything else that applies? (optional)

Why a bundled-care site made this

In bundled-payment programs such as TEAM, the hospital answers for the 30 days after a hip or knee replacement, a hip fracture repair, spine fusion, heart bypass or major bowel surgery. A readmission often starts with a question nobody asked on discharge day. BundledCare is a designed 90-day home episode for those programs, not a staffed service today. This list is the part anyone can use right now. About BundledCare.

Sources, opened 2026-09-29: