Effect of digital tools to promote hospital quality and safety on adverse events after discharge.
Patients are at increased risk of adverse events (AE) in the period following hospital discharge. This quality and safety improvement project aimed to reduce post-discharge AE and patient-reported new or worsening symptoms (NWS). The intervention included a patient-facing checklist whose responses were integrated into an electronic health record dashboard. AE were not significantly different between the intervention and usual care groups. NWS were non-significantly higher in the checklist group, which the authors propose may be due to the activating effects of the intervention, prompting patients to be aware of and report symptoms.