2024-06-21
Co-designing discharge communication interventions for mental health visits to the pediatric emergency department: a mixed-methods study
2024-06-21 • Amber Z. Ali, Bruce Wright, Janet Curran, Joelle Fawcett-Arsenault, Amanda S. Newton
Abstract Background Discharge communication is essential to convey information regarding the care provided and follow-up plans after a visit to a hospital emergency department (ED), but it can be lacking for visits for pediatric mental health crises. Our objective was to co-design and conduct usability testing of new discharge communication interventions to improve pediatric mental health discharge communication. Methods The study was conducted in two phases using experience-based co-design (EBCD). In phase 1 (Sep…