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Home-care nurses’ perceptions of unmet information needs and communication difficulties of older patients in the immediate post-hospital discharge period

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  • Katrina M Romagnoli Department of Biomedical Informatics, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Steven M Handler Department of Biomedical Informatics, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA Division of Geriatric Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center (GRECC), Veterans Affairs Pittsburgh Healthcare System (VAPHS), Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA Center for Health Equity Research and Promotion (CHERP), VAPHS, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA Geriatric Pharmaceutical Outcomes and Geroinformatics Research and Training Program, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Frank M Ligons Department of Biomedical Informatics, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Harry Hochheiser Department of Biomedical Informatics, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA Geriatric Pharmaceutical Outcomes and Geroinformatics Research and Training Program, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA Intelligent Systems Program, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  1. Correspondence to Katrina M Romagnoli, Department of Biomedical Informatics, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, 5607 Baum Boulevard, BAUM 417D, Pittsburgh, PA 15206-3701, USA; kak59{at}pitt.edu
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Romagnoli KM, Handler SM, Ligons FM, et al
Home-care nurses’ perceptions of unmet information needs and communication difficulties of older patients in the immediate post-hospital discharge period
BMJ Quality & Safety 2013;22:324-332.

Publication history

  • Received May 21, 2012
  • Revised December 5, 2012
  • Accepted December 22, 2012
  • First published January 29, 2013.
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March 01, 2018

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