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Audit and feedback: an intervention to improve discharge summary completion.

Anca Dinescu1, Helen Fernandez, Joseph S Ross

  • 1Brookdale Department of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, USA. anca.dinescu@mssm.edu

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Audit and feedback significantly improved the completeness of discharge summaries (DS) for geriatric medicine fellows. This intervention enhanced crucial clinical information transfer, benefiting patient care.

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Area of Science:

  • Geriatric Medicine
  • Medical Education
  • Healthcare Quality Improvement

Background:

  • Poor quality discharge summaries (DS) are linked to adverse patient events and rehospitalization.
  • Effective communication between inpatient and outpatient settings is vital for patient safety.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To assess if an audit and feedback intervention improves the completeness of DS written by geriatric medicine fellows.
  • To identify specific areas of DS that benefit most from this quality improvement strategy.

Main Methods:

  • A pre-intervention and post-intervention study design was employed.
  • Discharge summaries (n=89 pre-intervention, n=79 post-intervention) were scored using a 21-item checklist.
  • Geriatric medicine fellows received individual feedback on their summary performance.

Main Results:

  • Fellows demonstrated significantly higher completeness of DS after the feedback intervention (91% vs. 71%, P < 0.001).
  • Specific sections like admission, hospitalization duration, discharge planning, and postdischarge care showed marked improvement.
  • Feedback was associated with improved section-specific information completion rates.

Conclusions:

  • Audit and feedback interventions are effective in enhancing the completeness of discharge summaries for geriatric medicine trainees.
  • This quality improvement approach positively impacts key components of discharge summaries crucial for geriatric patient care.