Key result
Qualitative interviews with 60 cardiology patients revealed that 23 patients described medicines management resilience strategies, including identifying system vulnerabilities and self-management.
Why the study?
What proactive role can patients play in creating safer, resilient medicines management after hospital discharge?
Population
60 cardiology patients 6 weeks after their discharge from 2 UK hospitals
Design
Other
Follow-up
6 weeks after discharge
Authors
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Patients may strengthen medicines safety via proactive roles at discharge; hypothesis-generating for resilience interventions in transitions.
What proactive role can patients play in creating safer, resilient medicines management after hospital discharge?
Patients can enhance system resilience during care transitions by developing strategies to identify vulnerabilities and reduce the risk of medication errors.
Fylan et al. (2017) studied Cardiology patients after hospital discharge (n=60). Patient involvement in medicines management was evaluated on Patient experiences and resilience strategies with discharge medicines. Qualitative interviews with 60 cardiology patients revealed that 23 patients described medicines management resilience strategies, including identifying system vulnerabilities and self-management.
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