title: Improving patients' postdischarge communication: making every word count.
authors.affiliation: From the Center for Innovations in Quality, Effectiveness, and Safety (IQuESt), Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center, Houston, TX (M.J.H., D.E.S., A.D.N.); and the Section of General Internal Medicine (M.J.H., D.E.S.) and the Section of Health Services Research (A.D.N.), Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX. mhorstma@bcm.edu.
authors.forename: Molly J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Horstman
authors.affiliation: From the Center for Innovations in Quality, Effectiveness, and Safety (IQuESt), Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center, Houston, TX (M.J.H., D.E.S., A.D.N.); and the Section of General Internal Medicine (M.J.H., D.E.S.) and the Section of Health Services Research (A.D.N.), Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX.
authors.forename: Diana E
authors.initials: DE
authors.lastname: Stewart
authors.affiliation: From the Center for Innovations in Quality, Effectiveness, and Safety (IQuESt), Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center, Houston, TX (M.J.H., D.E.S., A.D.N.); and the Section of General Internal Medicine (M.J.H., D.E.S.) and the Section of Health Services Research (A.D.N.), Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX.
authors.forename: Aanand D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Naik
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D009202:Cardiomyopathies / Q000150:complications; D003142:Communication; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000592:standards*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010348:Patient Care Team / Q000592:standards*; D063886:Patient Discharge Summaries / Q000592:standards*; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D029424:Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy; D013997:Time Factors; D017211:Treatment Failure