Showing posts with label information transfer. Show all posts
Showing posts with label information transfer. Show all posts

Tuesday, 16 September 2014

Hospital discharge of the elderly - functions, variability and performance-shaping factors

"Precision issues related to (1) decision-making criteria concerning the medical fitness decision and appropriate level of care, (2) quality of discharge planning, (3) degree of patient involvement, and (4) quality of information transfer."

Hospital discharge of the elderly-an observational case study of functions, variability and performance-shaping factors
K Laugaland, K Aase, J Waring
BMC Health Services Research 2014, 14:365

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Thursday, 3 July 2014

Barriers to implementation of a redesign of information transfer and feedback in acute care

"Accurate communication is an important feature of seamless care and enhances patient safety. Information transfer and patient handovers are noted to be potentially hazardous areas for error in emergency care."

Barriers to implementation of a redesign of information transfer and feedback in acute care: results from a multiple case study
JE van Leijen-Zeelenberg, AJA van Raak, IGP Duimel-Peeters, MEAL Kroese, PRG Brink, D Ruwaard, HJM Vrijhoef
BMC Health Services Research, 2014, 14: 149

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