Is email an effective method for hospital discharge communication? A randomized controlled trial to examine delivery of computer-generated discharge summaries by email, fax, post and patient hand delivery

International Journal of Medical Informatics

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 167-172

  Chen, Yufei ^a   Brennan, Nicholas ^b   Magrabi, Farah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Communication; Continuity of patient care; Electronic mail; Medical informatics application; Patient discharge; Primary care; Randomized controlled trial

Indexed keywords

CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; MEDICAL INFORMATICS APPLICATIONS; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PRIMARY CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

COMMUNICATION; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER CONTROL SYSTEMS; ELECTRONIC MAIL; HOSPITALS; INFORMATION USE; MEDICAL COMPUTING; SURVEYS;

CUSTOMER SATISFACTION;

AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMUNICATION PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; E-MAIL; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FAX; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; PATIENT CARE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; ELECTRONIC MAIL; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW SOUTH WALES; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; POSTAL SERVICE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; TELEFACSIMILE;

EID: 75949121527     PISSN: 13865056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2009.12.006     Document Type: Article

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