Quality Improvement Zone

Improving the care of patients with delirium

Aims: In one Acute Medicine of the Elderly Ward (Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, Ward 202): a) To improve the documentation of a delirium diagnosis (in the unitary patient notes) to 75% by August 2016 b) To improve the communication of delirium on Immediate Discharge Letters (IDL) to GP to 75% by October 2016

Published: 24/01/2018

Publisher: NHS Education for Scotland (NES)

Keywords:

Quality improvement

Scottish improvement leader

Type: Document

Audience: General audience