Improving the patient experience in the Emergency Department Short Stay Unit
| Autor: | Alex Kwong, Emogene S Aldridge, Paul Buntine, Kellie Vivekanantham, Deb Leach |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Time Factors Victoria Post discharge Emergency Nursing law.invention 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Randomized controlled trial law Intervention (counseling) Surveys and Questionnaires Patient experience Health care Patients' Rooms Medicine Humans 030212 general & internal medicine Short Stay Unit business.industry 030208 emergency & critical care medicine Emergency department Middle Aged Quality Improvement Patient Discharge Telephone interview Patient Satisfaction Emergency medicine Female business Emergency Service Hospital |
| Zdroj: | Australasian emergency care. 23(4) |
| ISSN: | 2588-994X |
| Popis: | Background To explore whether giving patients admitted to the Short Stay Unit (SSU) in the Emergency Department (ED) their medical notes improved patient understanding of key information. Methods A two armed non-blinded randomised controlled trial was performed, with patients enrolled on admission to the SSU from the ED. The intervention was provision of a copy of the patient's medical notes both on admission to SSU and on discharge, together with a plain English statement about their medical condition and a detailed care plan. Control patients were provided with standard care (verbal information). Patients were surveyed in SSU and followed up two weeks post discharge via telephone interview. Treating clinicians, in both the ED and SSU, were surveyed to establish acceptability of the intervention. Results Two hundred patients were enrolled, with 176 completing the study. The intervention group found the information provided more helpful (p = 0.048) and understood their condition and treatment plan better than the control group (p = 0.034). All other data points, despite a positive trend towards the intervention, were statistically insignificant. Conclusions This study suggests that this simple intervention may positively contribute to the patient experience, with no discernible negative effect on the overall delivery of safe and efficient healthcare. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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