Novel combined patient instruction and discharge summary tool improves timeliness of documentation and outpatient provider satisfaction

Background: Incomplete or delayed access to discharge information by outpatient providers and patients contributes to discontinuity of care and poor outcomes. Objective: To evaluate the effect of a new electronic discharge summary tool on the timeliness of documentation and communication with outpat...

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Main Authors: Meredith Gilliam, Sarah L Krein, Karen Belanger, Karen E Fowler, Derek E Dimcheff, Gabriel Solomon
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2017-03-01
Series:SAGE Open Medicine
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/2050312117701053