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October 2, 2025Pakistan Journal of Medical SciencesOpen Access

Audit and Re-Audit of Discharge Summaries Completeness: A Strategy to Improve Patient Care Quality

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BWBarak WarisNBNauman Ismat ButtAAAyesha Afzal

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Audit and re-audit improved documentation completeness in discharge summaries, suggesting better patient care.

Key Points

  • Re-audit showed a significant increase in documenting pending investigations, rising to 88.4%.
  • The initial audit revealed compliance issues in key areas, with pending investigations at only 69.5%.
  • Targeted interventions were implemented after the initial audit to enhance documentation practices.
  • Overall, the re-audit indicated progress in documentation, although some areas showed a slight decline.

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Waris et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68de68ea83cbc991d0a2126fhttps://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.41.10.12224
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