Quality of discharge summaries prepared by first year internal medicine residents.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Patients are particularly susceptible to medical error during transitions from inpatient to outpatient care. We evaluated discharge summaries produced by incoming postgraduate year 1 (PGY-1) internal medicine residents for their completeness, accuracy, and relevance to family physicians.

Methods

Consecutive discharge summaries prepared by PGY-1 residents for patients discharged from internal medicine wards were retrospectively evaluated by two independent reviewers for presence and accuracy of essential domains described by the Joint Commission for Hospital Accreditation. Family physicians rated the relevance of a separate sample of discharge summaries on domains that family physicians deemed important in previous studies.

Results

Ninety discharge summaries

SUBMITTER: Legault K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3532338 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature