Exploring consumer and healthcare professional perspectives on discharge medicine communication and solutions for safer transitions of care
Leslie E Oldfield, Faith Yong, Melissa Baysari, Holly Foot, Elizabeth Manias, Ian Scott, Tin Fei Sim, Gerben Keijzers, Mark Morgan, Barbara Mullan, Richard Norman, Claire Jackson, Laetitia Hattingh · 2025
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Leslie Oldfield and a large team ask patients and health workers how medicine news is shared at hospital discharge, in a study from 2025. The days after discharge are risky, since gaps between hospital and primary care can cause drug harm and return visits. The team wanted views from both sides to design a fix.
Seventy-five people joined 12 focus groups in Southeast Queensland, Australia, in 2024. Groups covered hospital doctors, nurses, pharmacists, family doctors, community pharmacists, patients, and carers. Three themes emerged. Discharge papers were often late, patchy, or badly laid out, strained by staff limits and split computer systems. Primary care staff often had to chase missing facts. The work feeds a planned tool for safer handovers.
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| CREATOR | Leslie E Oldfield, Faith Yong, Melissa Baysari, Holly Foot, Elizabeth Manias, Ian Scott, Tin Fei Sim, Gerben Keijzers, Mark Morgan, Barbara Mullan, Richard Norman, Claire Jackson, Laetitia Hattingh |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 48 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |