"It's like two worlds apart": An analysis of vulnerable patient handover practices at discharge from hospital

BMJ Quality and Safety

Volumn 21, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2012, Pages

  Groene, Raluca Oana ^a   Orrego, Carola ^b,c,d   Suñol, Rosa ^b,c,d   Barach, Paul ^e,f   Groene, Oliver ^g  

^a LONDON SOUTH BANK UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Avedis Donabedian Research Institute (FAD)   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^d Red de Investigacion en Servicios de Salud en Enfermedades Cronicas REDISSEC   (Spain)

^e UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^f UNIVERSITY OF STAVANGER   (Norway)

^g LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL HANDOVER; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FAMILY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH LITERACY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INTERVIEW; LANGUAGE; MALE; PATIENT INFORMATION; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPAIN; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; HUMAN RELATION; MEDICAL ERROR; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RESIDENTIAL CARE; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY ELDERLY; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MEDICAL ERRORS; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT CARE TEAM; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PATIENT HANDOFF; PATIENTS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SPAIN; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 84871875843     PISSN: 20445415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjqs-2012-001174     Document Type: Article

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