Improving the quality of discharge summaries

"Moving to one electronic discharge summary system and designing a new template has led to a significant improvement in the quality of discharge summaries at Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust. "

Improving the quality of discharge summaries: implementing updated Academy of Medical Royal Colleges standards at a district general hospital
H May-Miller et al.
BMJ Quality Improvement Reports 2015;4: doi:10.1136/bmjquality.u207268.w2918

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Improving the percentage of electronic discharge summaries completed within 24 hours of discharge

"EDSs are an important part of patient care and medical communication. It is therefore important that they are completed promptly. Our results show the five day EDS summary led to a mean 9.75% improvement in EDS completion rates, and the protected EDS hour a mean 4.5% improvement in EDS completion rates within 24 hours of patient discharge."

Improving the percentage of electronic discharge summaries completed within 24 hours of discharge
M Haycock, L Stuttaford, O Ruscombe-King, Z Barker, K Callaghan, T Davis
BMJ Quality Improvement Reports 2014;3: doi:10.1136/bmjquality.u205963.w2604

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