Unintelligible text or codes in discharge summaries is a threat to patient safety – a nationwide survey
The survey reveals that most GPs find that the discharge summaries occasionally contain incomprehensible text or codes, which raises concerns about missing critical information which may pose a threat to patient safety.
Authors
- Thorbjørn Hougaard Mikkelsen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8432-0260)
- Jesper Bo Nielsen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5764-5462)
- Jens Søndergaard (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1629-1864)
- Maria Munch Storsveen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6132-1655)
Institutions
- University of Southern Denmark (DK)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BJGP Open
- Published
- 2025-10-17
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgpo.2025.0079
- Primary Topic
- Emergency and Acute Care Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- U.S. Army Medical Command