Obstacles and Opportunities in Information Transfer Regarding Medications at Discharge - A Focus Group Study with Hospital Physicians.

Maria Glans Patrik Midlöv Annika Kragh EkstamÅsa BondessonAnnika Brorsson

Published in: Drug, healthcare and patient safety (2022)

There are several obstacles in transferring information regarding medications at discharge. Issues regarding infrastructure are seldom possible for the individual physician to influence. However, several issues raised by the participating physicians are possible to act upon. In doing so medication errors in care transitions might decrease and information transfer at discharge might improve.

Keyphrases

primary care
healthcare
adverse drug
health information
emergency department
palliative care
patient safety
pain management
acute care
electronic health record
electron transfer
drug induced