CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne
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Multicenter Study
Patient, family and provider experiences with transfers from intensive care unit to hospital ward: a multicentre qualitative study.
Transfer of patient care from an intensive care unit (ICU) to a hospital ward is often challenging, high risk and inefficient. We assessed patient and provider perspectives on barriers and facilitators to high-quality transfers and recommendations to improve the transfer process. ⋯ Patient and provider perspectives attribute breakdown of ICU-to-ward transfers of care to resource availability, communication and institutional culture. Patients and providers recommend standardized, multimodal communication and transfer procedures to improve quality of care.