title: Hospital nurses' and physicians' use of information sources during their production of discharge summaries: a cross-sectional study.
abstract: Hospital nurses' and physicians' production and exchange of accurate information between levels of care are crucial for ensuring safe and seamless care for patients in transition. We report on a study in which we explored hospital providers' use of information sources when they prepared discharge information for colleges in the community health-care sector. In this cross-sectional study, 510 nurses and 236 physicians responded through a questionnaire. Our findings show that nurses and physicians use different information sources in patient records when they produce their discharge summaries.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Health and Society, University of Oslo, Norway.
authors.forename: Ragnhild
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hellesø
authors.affiliation: Centre for Care Research, Gjøvik University College, Gjøvik, Norway.
authors.forename: Maren Kristine Raknes
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Sogstad
mesh_terms: D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D057286:Electronic Health Records / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D055991:Health Records, Personal; D033183:Interdisciplinary Communication; D009664:Norway; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D063886:Patient Discharge Summaries / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D019555:Physician-Nurse Relations; D057184:Practice Patterns, Nurses' / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians' / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014600:Utilization Review