Improving communication between hospital and community physicians. Feasibility study of a handwritten, faxed hospital discharge summary. Discharge Summary Study Group.

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To assess the timing, legibility, and completeness of handwritten, faxed hospital discharge summaries as judged by family physicians and to obtain their opinion on the information categories on a standardized discharge summary form. DESIGN: Fax survey of physicians for consecutive patients discharged from hospital over 8 weeks.

Authors

Paterson JM; Allega RL

Journal

Canadian Family Physician, Vol. 45, , pp. 2893–2899

Publication Date

December 1999

ISSN

0008-350X

Associated Experts

J Michael Paterson

Assistant Professor (Part-Time), Faculty of Health Sciences

Visit profile