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Falls in the past six months PSOST (Providers’ Signout for Scope of Treatment) Newport et al. 2010 Brief history of present illness Past medical history Resuscitation code status laboratory or diagnostic test results, ‘‘to do’’ list of laboratory and procedures Care plan Residents reported great level of satisfaction in using the tool Fellows reported interventions aligned with patients’ goals Nurses reported the tool assisted in their Cancer care hospitals Hospices Palliative care units Haematology oncology units Expert group review with palliative care fellows and medicine residents in developing tool No further information about reliability and validity Evaluation needed on how tool impacts on clinical outcomes at care transitions 3-Ds—diet, drugs, discharge plan Romagnuolo et al. 2005 Diet Proton pump inhibitor use Helicobacter Pylori eradication regimen Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug use Complete blood count Discharge plan time Follow-up in gastroenterology clinic, general practitioner or endoscopy clinic Median in-patient stay was 7.0 (95% CI 2–24) versus 3.5 (95% CI 1–12) days for the (n=39) and periods (n=22), respectively (P = 0.003) Public teaching hospitals Emergency departments General internal medicine departments Endoscopy units Consensus development of tool No further information about reliability and validity Evaluation needed of the tool’s impact on patients with various levels of vulnerability, such as low socioeconomic groups, patients with alcohol problems or mental illness intervention
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