Tying Up Loose Ends.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Moore, Carlton; McGinn, Thomas; Halm, Ethan
- Source
- Archives of Internal Medicine. 6/25/2007, Vol. 167 Issue 12, p1305-1311. 7p. 3 Diagrams, 5 Charts.
- Subject
- *PHYSICIANS
*OUTPATIENT services in hospitals
*HOSPITAL admission & discharge
*MEDICAL records
*PATIENT compliance
- Language
- ISSN
- 0003-9926
The article assesses the frequency with which hospital physicians recommend outpatient workups to address patients' unresolved medical problems. The authors also examine the impact that the availability of discharge summaries has on workup completion. According to the authors, noncompletion of recommended outpatient workups after hospital discharge is common and physicians' access to discharge summaries is associated with better completion of recommendations.