Discharge planning. Lost for words.
Discharge summaries are often late and lackingin clarity, say GPs. Since April 2008, the national standard for issuing a discharge summary has been 72 hours, according to the standard NHS contract. Work is under way to set standards for summary clinical content and use in electronic record systems.
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D003266:Continuity of Patient Care; D006801:Humans; D033181:Information Dissemination; D010351:Patient Discharge / Q000592:standards*; D010821:Physicians, Family; D013222:State Medicine; D006113:United Kingdom