What makes a “successful” or “unsuccessful” discharge letter? Hospital clinician and General Practitioner assessments of the quality of discharge letters

Abstract Background Sharing information about hospital care with primary care in the form of a discharge summary is essential to patient safety. In the United Kingdom, although discharge summary targets on timeliness have been achieved, the quality of discharge summaries’ content remains variable. M...

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Autori principali:	Katharine Weetman, Rachel Spencer, Jeremy Dale, Emma Scott, Stephanie Schnurr
Natura:	Artigo
Lingua:	Inglês
Pubblicazione:	BMC 2021-04-01
Serie:	BMC Health Services Research
Soggetti:	Discharge summaries Discharge communication Patient safety Continuity of care Discharge letters Doctor and patient communication
Accesso online:	https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-021-06345-z
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