Empowering the patient? Medication communication during hospital discharge: a qualitative study at an internal medicines ward in Norway.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Effective communication and patient empowerment before hospital discharge are important steps to ensure medication safety. Patients discharged from hospitals are often expected to assume self-management, frequently without healthcare personnel (HCP) having ensured patients' knowledge, motivation and/or skills. In this substudy of a larger study, we explore how patients experience medication communication during encounters with HCPs and how they are empowered at hospital discharge.

Design

This is a qualitative case study. Data collection was done through qualitative observations of patient-HCP encounters, semistructured interviews with patients and drug reconciliation. Data were analysed using content analysis.

Setting

An internal medicines ward at a universi

SUBMITTER: Rognan SE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8246347 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature