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UK hospital patient discharge: the patient perspective. [PDF]
Objectives: Hospital discharge is a complex process that can result in errors and delays for patients, particularly around the supply of medicines and communication of information.
Wright S+3 more
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GP perspectives on hospital discharge letters: an interview and focus group study [PDF]
Background: Written discharge communication following inpatient or outpatient clinic discharge is essential for communicating information to the GP, but GPs’ opinions on discharge communication are seldom sought.
Katharine Weetman+4 more
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UK hospital patient discharge. [PDF]
Wright and colleagues1 report on a single-centre survey of inpatient perceptions and experiences of the current discharge process, and identify improvement opportunities in relation to waiting for medicines and lack of counselling by pharmacists. Problems such as low awareness among inpatients of pharmacy services or pharmacists citing challenges to ...
Wilcock M, Miles S.
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Galactography in Patients with Nipple Discharge [PDF]
Nipple discharge is a common presenting symptom of underlying breast pathology. This study examined the impact of galactography on the evaluation of abnormal nipple discharge. Thirty-five women with spontaneous, unilateral nipple discharge who underwent galactography from 1995 to 1997 were retrospectively studied.
Jeffrey P. Lamont+4 more
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Readability of Patient Discharge Instructions. [PDF]
Burns ST+4 more
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Risk factors for hospital mortality in intensive care unit survivors: a retrospective cohort study [PDF]
Background Deaths can occur after a patient has survived treatment for a serious illness in an intensive care unit (ICU). Mortality rates after leaving the ICU can be considered indicators of health care quality.
Luiza Gabriella Antonio e Silva+5 more
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Strategies to implement the safe hospital-community transition and mitigate hospital readmissions
Transition is defined as a journey made by a person between two relatively stable moments. This experience is lived over a certain period and is characterized by the appearance of changes that cause imbalances, doubts, disorganization, and interpersonal ...
Óscar Manuel Ramos Ferreira+1 more
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Objectives: Patient-centered clinical pharmacists’ activities play a major role in improving clinical outcomes by optimizing the efficacy of drug therapies and minimizing associated toxicities during hospitalization, at the transition of care, and upon ...
Bayan Muhannad Al Abd+2 more
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Access to rehabilitation after stroke in Brazil (AReA study): multicenter study protocol
Background Most of the Brazilian population relies on public healthcare and stroke is a major cause of disability in this country of continental dimensions.
Roberta de Oliveira Cacho+17 more
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