Goals of care or goals of life? A qualitative study of clinicians' and patients' experiences of hospital discharge using Patient-Oriented Discharge Summaries (PODS).

ABSTRACT:

Background

Recognizing the need for improved communication with patients at the point of hospital discharge, a group of clinicians, patients, and designers in Toronto, Canada collaborated to develop a standardized tool known as the Patient-Oriented Discharge Summary (PODS). Although quantitative results suggest PODS helps mitigate gaps in knowledge, a qualitative inquiry from the clinician and patient perspective of psychiatric hospital discharge using PODS has not been widely explored. Our aim was to explore clinicians' and patients' experiences with PODS.

Methods

We used a qualitative thematic analysis to explore clinicians' (n = 10) and patients' (n = 6) experiences with PODS. We used convenience sampling to identify and invite potential participants at the Center for Add

SUBMITTER: Hattangadi N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7379793 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature