Objective To explore the status quo of the readiness for hospital discharge and the quality of discharge teaching and analyze their correlation in patients after hepatobiliary surgery. Methods Totally, 170 patients after hepatobiliary surgery were selected to fill out the Readiness for Hospital Discharge Scale, and the Quality of Discharge Teaching Scale.Correlation between the two variables was analyzed by Pearson correlation. Results The average scores were （7.28±1.64） for readiness for hospital discharge, and （7.93±1.93） for quality of discharge teaching, with the two variables being positively correlated to each other （r=0.572,P＜0.01）. Conclusion In patients after hepatobiliary surgery, the readiness for hospital discharge is at medium level and the quality of discharge teaching is slightly above medium level, with positive correlation between the two variables.Medical staff need to strengthen discharge teaching, so as to improve patients′ readiness for hospital discharge.