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✅   Improved Medication communication and Patient involvement At Care Transitions (IMPACT-care): study protocol for a pre-post intervention trial in older hospitalised patients

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Introduction Care transitions, particularly hospital discharge, present significant risks to patient safety. Deficient medication-related discharge communication is a major contributor, posing substantial risk of harm to older patients. This protocol outlines the Improved Medication communication and Patient involvement At Care Transitions (IMPACT-care) intervention study, designed to evaluate the effects of a multifaceted intervention for older hospitalised patients on medication-related discharge communication compared with usual hospital care. Methods and analysis A pre–post intervention study will be conducted in two surgical and one geriatric ward of a university hospital in Sweden. The study will begin with a control period delivering usual care, followed by a training period and then an intervention period.

BMJ     May 02, 2025