Communication of discharge information for elderly patients in hospital.

The delivery of the discharge note to the general practitioners following discharge of elderly patients from a geriatric medical unit was studied over a two-month period. Handwritten discharge notes were received by the general practitioners in 75% of cases, and the delay was reduced to a median of...

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Autores principales: Curran, P., Gilmore, D. H., Beringer, T. R.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Ulster Medical Society 1992
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2448778/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1621302
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author Curran, P.
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description The delivery of the discharge note to the general practitioners following discharge of elderly patients from a geriatric medical unit was studied over a two-month period. Handwritten discharge notes were received by the general practitioners in 75% of cases, and the delay was reduced to a median of two days by the use of a pre-printed envelope. Postal communications were also received by 89% of general practitioners after a median delay in two days. A dual system of hand-delivery and postal delivery would ensure faster and more complete receipt of information.
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spelling pubmed-24487782008-07-10 Communication of discharge information for elderly patients in hospital. Curran, P. Gilmore, D. H. Beringer, T. R. Ulster Med J Research Article The delivery of the discharge note to the general practitioners following discharge of elderly patients from a geriatric medical unit was studied over a two-month period. Handwritten discharge notes were received by the general practitioners in 75% of cases, and the delay was reduced to a median of two days by the use of a pre-printed envelope. Postal communications were also received by 89% of general practitioners after a median delay in two days. A dual system of hand-delivery and postal delivery would ensure faster and more complete receipt of information. Ulster Medical Society 1992-04 /pmc/articles/PMC2448778/ /pubmed/1621302 Text en
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