Purpose To systematically review the available evidence about hospital discharge
communication practices and identify which practices were preferred by patients and …

Purpose: The hospital discharge summary (HDS) serves as a critical method of patient
information transfer between hospitalist and primary care provider (PCP). This study was …

BACKGROUND: Deficits in information transfer between inpatient and outpatient physicians
are common and potentially dangerous. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the effect of a newly …

Objective The present study aims to inform the use of discharge summaries as a marker of
the quality of communication between ED and primary care; this systematic review aims to …

Background The completeness of hospital discharge summaries may reflect the overall
quality of inter-professional communications. The effect of reducing resident workload on …

Background Bipolar disorder if untreated, has severe consequences: severe role
impairment, higher health care costs, mortality and morbidity. Although effective treatment is …

Purpose Academic healthcare systems face great challenges in coordinating services
across a continuum of care that spans hospital, community providers, home and chronic …

ABSTRACT BACKGROUND Patient care transitions are periods of enhanced risk.
Discharge summaries have been used to communicate essential information between …

Article-at-a-Glance Background The hospital discharge summary is the primary method
used to communicate a patient's plan of care to the next provider (s). Despite the existence …

The discharge summary is one of the most critical documents in medical care settings, but it
is prone to systematic lapses that compromise the continuity of care. Discontinuity is fostered …