Information flow in general practice: investigating the processing of discharge summaries to improve patient safety

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Information flow in general practice: investigating the processing of discharge summaries to improve patient safety

Discharge summaries are an essential tool for communicating patient information from secondary care to general practice on hospital discharge. Although there has been extensive research into their design and completion in secondary care very little is known about primary care perspectives on the pro...

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Main Author:	Spencer, Rachel A.
Format:	Thesis (University of Nottingham only)
Language:	English
Published:	2019
Subjects:	Patient safety; medication safety; discharge summary; care transition; medical error; safe systems
Online Access:	https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/56575/

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