Ineffective communication of hospital discharge instructions may have important implications for future health, function, and quality of life. OBJECTIVE: To describe patient recall of predischarge communication of discharge instructions by hospital staff, and to demonstrate the feasibility a posthospitalization survey in this urban, public hospital population. METHODS: Cross-sectional telephone survey of 269 patients age 70 years or older who were discharged from an academically affiliated urban public hospital between September 7, 2004, and January 19, 2005. RESULTS: The mean length of stay of the respondents was 5.6 days (range, 0-56 days), and the mean number of admissions over the study period was 1.6 (range, 1-7 times). The respondents ...
Background: Study goals were to assess older veterans’ understanding of their emergency department (...
Lisa Nebelin Hvidt,1,2 Kristian Nebelin Hvidt,3 Kim Madsen,1 Thomas A Schmidt11Department of Emergen...
OBJECTIVES:Poor discharge communication is associated with negative health outcomes in high-income c...
BACKGROUND: Health systems have developed automated telephone call programs to screen and triage pat...
This retrospective, cross-sectional study examined the relationship between aspects of inpatient com...
often do not understand their postdischarge care plan. There are few studies about patients ’ prefer...
ABSTRACT Objectives Unplanned hospital readmissions are an indicator of quality of care, and are as...
Discharge instructions are an important part of patient care and the understanding of these instruct...
Effective communication is essential for understanding and recall of hospital discharge information....
Background: Discharge conversation is an essential part of preparing patients for the period after h...
BACKGROUND: The discharge of older hospitalised patients is critical in terms of patient safety. Ina...
Class of 2014 AbstractSpecific Aims: The objective of this study was to perform follow-up phone call...
This small-scale study carried out in a Melbourne metropolitan hospital explored patients’ and...
Objectives: UC Irvine in partnership with CipherHealth has incorporated an automated call-back syste...
Introduction Growing numbers of older patients occupy hospital beds despite being ‘medically fit’ f...
Background: Study goals were to assess older veterans’ understanding of their emergency department (...
Lisa Nebelin Hvidt,1,2 Kristian Nebelin Hvidt,3 Kim Madsen,1 Thomas A Schmidt11Department of Emergen...
OBJECTIVES:Poor discharge communication is associated with negative health outcomes in high-income c...
BACKGROUND: Health systems have developed automated telephone call programs to screen and triage pat...
This retrospective, cross-sectional study examined the relationship between aspects of inpatient com...
often do not understand their postdischarge care plan. There are few studies about patients ’ prefer...
ABSTRACT Objectives Unplanned hospital readmissions are an indicator of quality of care, and are as...
Discharge instructions are an important part of patient care and the understanding of these instruct...
Effective communication is essential for understanding and recall of hospital discharge information....
Background: Discharge conversation is an essential part of preparing patients for the period after h...
BACKGROUND: The discharge of older hospitalised patients is critical in terms of patient safety. Ina...
Class of 2014 AbstractSpecific Aims: The objective of this study was to perform follow-up phone call...
This small-scale study carried out in a Melbourne metropolitan hospital explored patients’ and...
Objectives: UC Irvine in partnership with CipherHealth has incorporated an automated call-back syste...
Introduction Growing numbers of older patients occupy hospital beds despite being ‘medically fit’ f...
Background: Study goals were to assess older veterans’ understanding of their emergency department (...
Lisa Nebelin Hvidt,1,2 Kristian Nebelin Hvidt,3 Kim Madsen,1 Thomas A Schmidt11Department of Emergen...
OBJECTIVES:Poor discharge communication is associated with negative health outcomes in high-income c...