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dc.contributor.authorLatimer, Sharon
dc.contributor.authorHewitt, Jayne
dc.contributor.authorTeasdale, Trudy
dc.contributor.authorde Wet, Carl
dc.contributor.authorGillespie, Brigid M
dc.date.accessioned2020-12-03T03:25:33Z
dc.date.available2020-12-03T03:25:33Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.identifier.issn2208-794X
dc.identifier.doi10.31128/AJGP-04-20-5375
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/399879
dc.description.abstractBackground and objectives: General practitioners (GPs) require accurate medication information to care for recently discharged hospital patients. Pre-discharge medication reconciliation improves the accuracy of patient medication lists that GPs receive. This study aimed to explore GPs' perceptions of the accuracy, completeness and timeliness of hospital discharge medication information, and how they undertake medication reconciliation. Methods: Using a cross-sectional online survey, quantitative and qualitative data were collected from a convenience sample of GPs practising across the Gold Coast, Australia. Data were analysed using descriptive statistics and content analysis. Results: Twelve GPs were recruited. Patient hospital discharge medication information was mostly accurate and complete, but delays in receiving this information affected the ability of GPs to undertake medication reconciliation. Discussion: Receiving accurate and timely patient discharge medication information can reduce errors. Optimising the communication of medication information to GPs may improve patient safety.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherThe Royal Australian College of General Practitioners
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom854
dc.relation.ispartofpageto858
dc.relation.ispartofissue12
dc.relation.ispartofjournalAustralian Journal of General Practice
dc.relation.ispartofvolume49
dc.subject.fieldofresearchPharmacology and pharmaceutical sciences
dc.subject.fieldofresearchHealth services and systems
dc.subject.fieldofresearchPublic health
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode3214
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4203
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4206
dc.titleThe accuracy, completeness and timeliness of discharge medication information and implementing medication reconciliation: A cross-sectional survey of general practitioners
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dcterms.bibliographicCitationLatimer, S; Hewitt, J; Teasdale, T; de Wet, C; Gillespie, BM, The accuracy, completeness and timeliness of discharge medication information and implementing medication reconciliation: A cross-sectional survey of general practitioners., Australian Journal of General Practice, 2020, 49 (12), pp. 854-858
dc.date.updated2020-12-02T03:23:37Z
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gro.rights.copyrightLatimer, S; Hewitt, J; Teasdale, T; de Wet, C; Gillespie, BM, The accuracy, completeness and timeliness of discharge medication information and implementing medication reconciliation: A cross-sectional survey of general practitioners., Australian Journal of General Practice, 2020, 49 (12), pp. 854-858. Available at http://doi.org/10.31128/ajgp-04-20-5375
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gro.griffith.authorGillespie, Brigid M.
gro.griffith.authorLatimer, Sharon
gro.griffith.authorHewitt, Jayne E.


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