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Published on in Vol 10 (2026)

This is a member publication of Witten/Herdecke University

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/105705, first published .
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Quality Assessment of Physician Discharge Summaries: Instrument Development and Reliability Study

Quality Assessment of Physician Discharge Summaries: Instrument Development and Reliability Study

Leopold Bentheim   1, 2 ;   Leonard Fehring   1 , Dr Med ;   Hendrik Friederichs   3 , Prof Dr Med ;   Samer Zawy Alsofy   4, 5 , Dr Med ;   Markus Unnewehr   4, 6 , Dr Med

1 Department of Health Care Informatics, School of Medicine, Faculty of Health, Witten/Herdecke University, Witten, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

2 Department of Medicine, Goethe University Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main, Hessen, Germany

3 Medical Education Research Group, Medical School OWL, Bielefeld University, Bielefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

4 Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, Faculty of Health, Witten/Herdecke University, Witten, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

5 Department of Neurosurgery, St. Barbara-Klinik Hamm-Heessen, Hamm, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

6 Department of Respiratory Medicine, Infectious Diseases, Sleep Medicine, Allergology, St. Barbara-Klinik Hamm-Heessen, Hamm, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Corresponding Author:

  • Markus Unnewehr, Dr Med
  • Department of Medicine, School of Medicine
  • Faculty of Health, Witten/Herdecke University
  • Alfred-Herrhausen-Straße 50
  • Witten, North Rhine-Westphalia 58455
  • Germany
  • Phone: 49 2381 681 1817
  • Email: markus.unnewehr@uni-wh.de