Background Communication regarding medicines at hospital discharge via discharge summaries is notoriously poor and negatively impacts on patient care. With the process being dependant on the quality of patient records during admission, junior doctors who write them and General Practitioners (GPs) who receive them, the objectives of this thesis were, with respect to discharge summaries, to:- assess their timeliness, accuracy and quality describe GP preferences explore experiences of junior doctors regarding their preparation. Methods Discharge summaries produced from one district general hospital were audited, as was the impact of changing the format of inpatient drug charts. A combination of observation, think-aloud and ethnographi...
While there is a growing body of research available on general restraint intervention in acute adult...
Background Technology use in digital health tools has increased significantly since the COVID-19 pan...
Effective interdisciplinary communication has been shown to reduce healthcare cost, improve staff sa...
Although open to debate, it is something of an undisputed fact and has been since the days of Floren...
Although open to debate, it is something of an undisputed fact and has been since the days of Floren...
Although open to debate, it is something of an undisputed fact and has been since the days of Floren...
Evidence supports an interprofessional approach to patient care reduces readmissions, mortality, cos...
Although open to debate, it is something of an undisputed fact and has been since the days of Floren...
Although open to debate, it is something of an undisputed fact and has been since the days of Floren...
Background: Children’s hospices in the UK have developed to incorporate various ‘cold’ facilities, w...
The entire dissertation/thesis text is included in the research.pdf file; the official abstract appe...
Background: Children’s hospices in the UK have developed to incorporate various ‘cold’ facilities, w...
A national focus for healthcare reform is preventing hospital readmissions. Thirty-day unplanned hos...
While there is a growing body of research available on general restraint intervention in acute adult...
The introduction of the concept of pharmaceutical care as well as integration of ICT-based technique...
While there is a growing body of research available on general restraint intervention in acute adult...
Background Technology use in digital health tools has increased significantly since the COVID-19 pan...
Effective interdisciplinary communication has been shown to reduce healthcare cost, improve staff sa...
Although open to debate, it is something of an undisputed fact and has been since the days of Floren...
Although open to debate, it is something of an undisputed fact and has been since the days of Floren...
Although open to debate, it is something of an undisputed fact and has been since the days of Floren...
Evidence supports an interprofessional approach to patient care reduces readmissions, mortality, cos...
Although open to debate, it is something of an undisputed fact and has been since the days of Floren...
Although open to debate, it is something of an undisputed fact and has been since the days of Floren...
Background: Children’s hospices in the UK have developed to incorporate various ‘cold’ facilities, w...
The entire dissertation/thesis text is included in the research.pdf file; the official abstract appe...
Background: Children’s hospices in the UK have developed to incorporate various ‘cold’ facilities, w...
A national focus for healthcare reform is preventing hospital readmissions. Thirty-day unplanned hos...
While there is a growing body of research available on general restraint intervention in acute adult...
The introduction of the concept of pharmaceutical care as well as integration of ICT-based technique...
While there is a growing body of research available on general restraint intervention in acute adult...
Background Technology use in digital health tools has increased significantly since the COVID-19 pan...
Effective interdisciplinary communication has been shown to reduce healthcare cost, improve staff sa...