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A randomised controlled trial assessing the efficacy of an electronic discharge communication tool for preventing death or hospital readmission

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  • Maria J Santana Department of Community Health Sciences, O’Brien Institute for Public Health, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Jayna Holroyd-Leduc Department of Community Health Sciences, O’Brien Institute for Public Health, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada Department of Medicine, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Danielle A Southern Department of Community Health Sciences, O’Brien Institute for Public Health, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Ward W Flemons Department of Medicine, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Maeve O’Beirne Department of Family Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Michael D Hill Department of Community Health Sciences, O’Brien Institute for Public Health, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada Department of Medicine, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Alan J Forster Medicine, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Deborah E White Faculty of Nursing, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • William A. Ghali Departments of Community Health Sciences and Medicine, and the Calgary Institute for Population and Public Health, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • the e-DCT Team
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  1. Correspondence to Dr. Maria J Santana, Department of Community Health Sciences, O’Brien Institute for Public Health, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada; mjsantan{at}ucalgary.ca
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Santana MJ, Holroyd-Leduc J, Southern DA the e-DCT Team, et al
A randomised controlled trial assessing the efficacy of an electronic discharge communication tool for preventing death or hospital readmission
BMJ Quality & Safety 2017;26:993-1003.

Publication history

  • Received February 24, 2017
  • Revised June 9, 2017
  • Accepted June 17, 2017
  • First published August 18, 2017.
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November 20, 2017

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