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Below are several different quotes from varying journals that emphasize the need for PMR KitsTM when patients are discharged from the hospital.
“Preventable medical errors occur with alarming frequency in US hospitals.”
“Unavailable patient information and illegible handwriting lead to diagnosing and ordering errors.”
-Edwards M, Moczygemba J. Reducing medical errors through better documentation. Health Care Management (Frederick). 2004 Oct-Dec;23(4) 329-33.
“A new paradigm is emerging as a result of the Institute of Medicine reports on medical errors... Health care delivery systems that reduce this potential for error must be created.”
-Milstead JA. The culture of safety. Policy Politics and Nursing Practice. 2005 Feb;6(1):51-4.
“It is not necessarily the case that electronic discharge summaries are of higher quality than handwritten ones.”
“The importance of the discharge summary as a chief means of transferring patient information from the hospital to the primary care provider needs to be strongly emphasized.”
-Callen JL, Alderton M, McIntosh J. Evaluation of electronic discharge summaries: a comparison of
documentation in electronic and handwritten discharge summaries. International Journal of Medical Informatics. 2008 Sep;77(9):613-20. Epub 2008 Feb 21.
“Delayed or inaccurate communication between hospital-based and primary care physicians at hospital discharge may negatively affect continuity of care and contribute to adverse events.” “Deficits in communication and information transfer at hospital discharge are common and may adversely affect patient care.”
-Kripalani S, LeFevre F, Phillips CO, Williams MV, Basaviah P, Baker DW. Deficits in communication and information transfer between hospital-based and primary care physicians: implications for patient safety and continuity of care. JAMA. 2007 Feb 28;297(8):831-41.
“Patients are often treated in hospital by physicians other than their regular community doctor. After they are discharged, their care is often returned to their regular community doctor and patients may not see the hospital physician. Transfer of information between physicians can be poor.”
-van Walraven C, Mamdani M, Fang J, Austin PC. Continuity of care and patient outcomes after hospital
discharge. Journal of General Internal Medicine. 2004 Jun;19(6):624-31.
Out of Eight hundred eighty-eight patients discharge summaries that were evaluated it was concluded that “the risk of rehospitalization may decrease when patients are assessed following discharge by physicians who have received the discharge summary.”
-van Walraven C, Seth R, Austin PC, Laupacis A. Effect of discharge summary availability during postdischarge visits on hospital readmission. Journal of General Internal Medicine. 2002 Mar;17(3):186-92.
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