Key result
Qualitative analysis identified communication, lack of role clarity, and lack of resources as the main barriers to the discharge process among health care providers.
Population
Health care providers in an acute care unit of a tertiary care center (Unit 36)
Authors
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Identifies discharge barriers in acute care; hypothesis-generating for interventions, requiring prospective validation before practice change.
Poor communication, lack of role clarity, and lack of resources are key barriers to effective discharge planning, which may be improved by electronic summaries, bullet rounds, and discharge coordinators.
Okoniewska et al. (2015) studied Barriers to discharge planning. Qualitative analysis of communication barriers was evaluated on Themes related to communication barriers affecting a successful discharge process. Qualitative analysis identified communication, lack of role clarity, and lack of resources as the main barriers to the discharge process among health care providers.
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