This research is focused on improving health outcomes for older people by improving the continuum of care at the critical hospital-community interface. The elderly are at particular risk of medication misadventure following hospital discharge. The smooth transition of patients across of the hospital-community interface requires the availability of quality information in a timely fashion to patients and the community-based health professionals. The principal objective of this thesis was to improve medication-related communication through the provision of a community-linked Medication Liaison Service involving hospital and community-based practitioners in the identification of at risk patients, delivery of services to those patients whilst in the hospital and immediately post-discharge in their own homes, and appropriate follow-up services.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:ADTP/269064 |
| Date | January 2001 |
| Creators | Spurling, Lisa |
| Source Sets | Australiasian Digital Theses Program |
| Language | EN-AUS |
| Detected Language | English |
| Rights | Copyright Lisa Spurling 2001 |
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