Physicians write clinical notes with abbreviations and shorthand that are difficult to decipher.
Abbreviations can be clinical jargon (writing “HIT” for “heparin induced thrombocytopenia”) …

Clear communication is paramount for achieving the safest and best patient outcomes,
maximising time efficiency, and lowering clinician workload. There are multiple factors that …

Objective To assess the performance of large language models (LLMs) for zero-shot
disambiguation of acronyms in clinical narratives. Materials and Methods Clinical narratives …

Background Discharge summaries are essential for health transition between inpatient
hospital teams and outpatient general practices. The patient's outcome is dependent on the …

Background Medication lists prepared in the emergency department (ED) form the basis for
diagnosing and treating patients during hospitalization. Since incomplete medication …

Background To ensure a safe patient discharge from hospital it is necessary to transfer all
relevant information in a discharge summary (DS). The aim of this study was to evaluate a …

Background Low health literacy has been associated with poor health outcome and
impaired use of healthcare services. The hospital discharge letter represents a key source of …

Methods A QIP was conducted in the medical unit of a tertiary care hospital in Rawalpindi,
Pakistan. The DS were assessed using the e-discharge summary self-assessment checklist …

Electronic health records often lack consistent and organized documentation regarding
lifestyle-related risk factors. This study addresses this by presenting methodologies aimed at …

Objectives To explore general practitioners' perspectives on the discharge summaries they
receive about their patients who have been discharged from hospital. Methods A survey of …