[Medication and Communication Pitfalls at the Family Practitioner/Hospital Interface]

Medication and Communication Pitfalls at the Family Practitioner/Hospital Interface Abstract. Polypharmacy and cumulative hospitalizations of multimorbid patients can lead to certain medical risks for these patients at the transfer from family doctor to hospital and back. Quite often, this interface also causes unnecessary public health costs. Awareness of these facts has to be sharpened on both sides and the teamwork between family doctors and hospitals should be optimized. Unfortunately, the perspective of the other interface partner is often missing. Various proposals for improving this situation for all involved shall contribute to change it for good, whereby certain new and efficient digital tools might play an important role.