Impact of referral letters on scheduling of hospital appointments: a randomised control trial

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Impact of referral letters on scheduling of hospital appointments: a randomised control trial

Background: Communication is essential for triage, but intervention trials to improve it are scarce. Referral Writer (RW), a referral letter software program, enables documentation of clinical data and extracts relevant patient details from clinical software.Aim: To evaluate whether specialists are...

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Main Authors:	Jiwa, Moyez, Meng, Xingqiong (Rosie), O'Shea, C., Magin, P., Dadich, A., Pillai, V.
Format:	Journal Article
Published:	Royal College of General Practitioners 2014
Subjects:	interdisciplinary correspondence neoplasms randomised control trial general practice decision making referral and consultation
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/26065

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