JAMA Study- Patient Transfer Information Lacking

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Actual JAMA article attached is anyone is interested.

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From UPI:

Study: Docs lack patient hospital data

CHICAGO, Feb. 27 (UPI) -- When

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patients are moved from hospitals to the care of their doctors, the transfer

of information is often lacking, a new U.S. study says.

Doctors caring for patients after

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hospital discharge may lack critical information about diagnoses, treatment,

consultations, pending tests and post-hospital follow-up, according to an

article by Emory University researchers appearing in the Feb. 28 issue of

the Journal of the American Medical Association.

The analysis of 55

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physicians found only 3 percent of primary care physicians reported being

involved in discussions about patient discharge, the study found....

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Marc