Patients' and clinicians' views on the appropriate use of safety-netting advice in consultations-an interview study from Sweden.

ABSTRACT:

Background

A promising approach to manage clinical uncertainty and thereby reduce the risk of preventable diagnostic harm is to use safety-netting advice (ie, communicating structured information to patients about when and where to reconsult healthcare).

Aim

To explore clinicians' and patients' views on when and how safety-netting can be successfully applied in primary-care and emergency-care settings.

Design and setting

An exploratory qualitative research design; we performed focus groups and interviews in a Swedish setting.

Participants

Nine physicians working in primary or emergency care and eight patients or caregivers participated. The participants were an ethnically homogeneous group, originating from Western European or Australian backgrounds.

Method<

SUBMITTER: Fernholm R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10565180 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature