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Communication gaps and readmissions to hospital for patients aged 75 years and older: …


EMA Witherington, OM Pirzada, AJ Avery - Quality and Safety in Health Care, 2008 - qshc.bmj.com
Results: Thirty patients (28%) returned within 3 days of discharge, 48 (44%)
within 7 days and the remainder within 28 days. Sixty-seven (62%) patients
either had no discharge letter or returned before the letter was typed. ...
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The use of nationwide on-line prescription records improves the drug history in hospitalized …


B Glintborg, HE Poulsen, KP Dalhoff - British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 2008 - pubmedcentral.nih.gov
Median patient age was 72 years. Upon admission, patients reported using 1958
prescription-only medications (POM) (median four drugs per patient, range
0–14), of which 114 (6%) were not registered in PR. In PR, 1153 POM ...
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Influences on older people's decision making regarding choice of topical or oral NSAIDs for …

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D Carnes, Y Anwer, M Underwood, G Harding, … - British Medical Journal, 2007 - bmj.com
Results Participants' decision making was influenced by their perceptions of the
associated risk of adverse effects, presence of other illness, nature of their
pain, advice received, and practicality. Although participants' ...
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Does Organisational Culture Influence Prescribing in Care Homes for Older People?: A New …

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CM Hughes, K Lapane, MC Watson, HTO … - Drugs &# 38; Aging, 2007 - ingentaconnect.com
Prescribing in care homes for older people has been the focus of much research
Abstract and debate because of inappropriate drug choice and poor monitoring
practices. In the US, this has led to the implementation of punitive and ...
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Assessment of a United States pharmaceutical care model for nursing homes in the United …


SM Patterson, CM Hughes, KL Lapane - Pharmacy World & Science, 2007 - Springer
Abstract Objective To assess the suitability of an American model of
pharmaceutical care for nursing home resi- dents (The Fleetwood model) for
application in nurs- ing homes in the United Kingdom Method Pharmacists ...
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The surgical discharge summary: a lack of substantial clinical information may affect the …


H Spatz, J Engel, D Hölzel, K Jauch - Langenbeck's Archives of Surgery, 2001 - Springer
Abstract Background and aims: The discharge summary is crucial for patient
aftercare as it is the main document for communicating infor- mation on patient
data between the hospital and the primary care practi- tioner. The aim of ...
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That's all I got handed over


M Sithamparanathan - British Medical Journal, 2006 - bmj.com
You are seeing this message because your web browser does not support basic web
standards. Find out more about why this message is appearing and what you can do
to make your experience on this site better. ... Handover should take ...
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The electronic immediate discharge document: experience from the South West of Scotland


A Pillai, SS Thomas, M Garg - Informatics in Primary Care, 2004 - ingentaconnect.com
Effective communication between primary and secondary care is vital to ensure
the smooth transition of care for patients when they leave hospital. Cur- rently
when a patient leaves hospital, a handwritten document is produced by the ...
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The challenge of safer prescribing


A Spinewine - British Medical Journal, 2008 - bmj.com
Thissupplementisthe resultofa gauntlet throwndown,andpickedup,duringadinner in
London justover a year ago. The gauntlet throwerwasDonBerwick,presidentofthe
InstituteforHealthcareImprovementinBoston. What, he asked, wasthe BMJ ...
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Interventions to Improve Medication Reconciliation in Primary Care


I Bayoumi, M Howard, AM Holbrook, I … - The Annals of Pharmacotherapy, 2009 - Harvey Whitney Books
Author information provided at the end of the text. ... The Annals of
Pharmacotherapy I 2009 October, Volume 43 I 1667 ... OBJECTIVE: To
systematically review all primary care intervention studies designed to ...
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