An email-based intervention to improve the number and timeliness of letters sent from the hospital outpatient clinic to the general practitioner: A pair-randomized controlled trial.

Letters from the hospital to the general practitioner are important for maintaining continuity of care. Although doctors feel letters are important, they are often not written on time. To improve the number and timeliness of letters sent from the hospital outpatient department to the general practit...

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Main Authors: Stephanie Medlock, Juliette L Parlevliet, Danielle Sent, Saeid Eslami, Marjan Askari, Derk L Arts, Joost B Hoekstra, Sophia E de Rooij, Ameen Abu-Hanna
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5653206?pdf=render