Communication is a complex phenomenon that is woven into virtually every aspect of
medicine. It occurs at all hours of the day between various care team members (eg, between …

Objectives: The transition of care from hospital to primary care provider (PCP) at discharge
carries the potential for significant information loss. There is evidence that the timeliness and …

Objective Effective communication between inpatient and outpatient providers may mitigate
risks of adverse events associated with hospital discharge. However, there is an absence of …

Methods: We sent surveys to 422 outpatient pediatricians in our care network to understand
their communication preferences. Survey results informed local guidelines for when …

BACKGROUND Patients are at risk for adverse events during inpatient-to-outpatient
transitions of care. Previous improvement work has been targeted at this care transition, but …

BACKGROUND Communication between inpatient pediatric hospital medicine (HM) and
primary care providers (PCPs) is important for quality care. As provider workload increases …

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Effective communication between inpatient and primary
care providers (PCPs) is important for safe transition of care for hospitalized patients. In …

Delays, omissions, and inaccuracy of discharge information are common at hospital
discharge and put patients at risk for adverse outcomes. We assembled an interdisciplinary …

Background Communication with primary care physicians (PCPs) at the time of a patient's
hospital discharge is important to safely transition care to home. The goal of this quality …

Background: Nurse and physician collaboration is important in patient care satisfaction.
Improving communication among the inpatient nurses and residents was identified as a top …