Communication at the interface between hospitals and primary care: A general practice audit of hospital discharge summaries

Australian Family Physician

Volumn 42, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 886-890

  Belleli, Esther ^a   Naccarella, Lucio ^b   Pirotta, Marie ^b  

^a Yarraville Village Medical Centre   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

General practitioners; Interdisciplinary communication; Patient discharge

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; GENERAL PRACTICE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL AUDIT; PATIENT CARE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PUBLIC RELATIONS; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

COMMUNICATION; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MEDICAL AUDIT; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; VICTORIA;

EID: 84891656964     PISSN: 03008495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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