Availability, timeliness, documentation and quality of consultations among hospital departments: a prospective, comparative study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Many in-patients require care from practitioners in various disciplines. Consultations most probably have significant implications for hospitalization outcomes.

Purpose

To determine key aspects of consultations provided by various departments to formulate an optimal policy.

Methods

This study comprised two methods: first, a questionnaire was completed in 2019 by 127 physicians interns, residents and senior doctors) from the medical and surgical departments (64 from the surgical wards, 43 from the medical wards and 22 from the emergency room and General ICU) regarding the availability, timeliness and documentation rate of the consultations they received from different disciplines. The investigators rounded through the various departments that were included i

SUBMITTER: Jarjou'i A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8053423 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature