1. The document discusses the importance of accurate handover of patient care between healthcare providers, particularly through high quality hospital discharge letters. It notes current shortcomings in discharge letter quality and variability. 

2. It introduces the Cork Letter-Writing Assessment Scale (CLAS), a mobile application that uses a checklist and scoring system to improve the structure, content, and clarity of discharge letters written by medical students. 

3. While CLAS was shown to improve discharge letter quality for medical students, the effects on patient safety and skills retention in clinical practice require further demonstration and study. Standardized electronic discharge letters and mobile apps for seamless information transfer could help enable faster and safer handovers.

Use of Mobile Applications For Hospital Discharge Letters - Improving Handover at Point of Practice PDF

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