Organizational culture: an important context for addressing and improving hospital to community patient discharge.

Gijs Hesselink; Myrra Vernooij-Dassen; Loes Pijnenborg; Paul Barach; Petra Gademan; Ewa Dudzik-Urbaniak; Maria Flink; Carola Orrego; Giulio Toccafondi; Julie Johnson; Lisette Schoonhoven; Hub Wollersheim; European HANDOVER Research Collaborative

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Organizational culture: an important context for addressing and improving hospital to community patient discharge.

March 6, 2013

Hesselink G, Vernooij-Dassen M, Pijnenborg L, et al. Med Care. 2013;51(1):90-8.

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Focus groups of patients, hospital physicians, outpatient physicians, and nurses revealed many aspects of organizational culture that impede progress in enhancing care transitions. A recent systematic review identified promising strategies for improving continuity of care at discharge.

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