Development of a checklist for auditing completion of patient report forms: A Delphi study.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Medical records are an integral part of patient care. Information loss during the handover from Emergency Care Providers to hospital staff is common and has a significant impact on patient care. Information loss can be prevented with medical documentation that is accurate, complete and contains the relevant information regarding patient management. Patient report Forms (PRF's) are used by Emergency Care Providers to record the details of their patient care and they form part of the patients' medical records. Quality assuring of PRF's is required to determine if the required information has been recorded on the PRF. Checklists are one the means of quality assuring PRF, by comparing the points on the checklist to the content of the PRF.

Methods

An three-round Delp

SUBMITTER: Mckenzie RB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9178481 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature