Engelsk titel: Should patients automatically get copies of their medical reports?
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Författare:
Trumpy JH
Språk: Nor
Antal referenser: 9
Dokumenttyp:
Artikel
UI-nummer: 02023821
Sammanfattning
INTERPRETATION : Sending a copy of the medical report to all in-patients after discharge increases confidence between patient and doctor and improves patient satisfaction.
RESULTS : All patients were satisfied with getting the report. They found the reports to be informative and a good supplement to the verbal information given at discharge. No-one, not even the seriously ill patients, had been frightened by the medical information in the reports.
MATERIAL AND METHODS : We performed telephone interviews with 100 patients in order to obtain their views on getting a copy of the medical report after discharge.
BACKGROUND : Since March 1997, the Department of Neurosurgery at Tromsø University Hospital has sent a copy of their medical report to all in-patients after discharge.