Implementing Electronic Discharge Communication Tools in Pediatric Emergency Departments: Multicountry, Cross-Sectional Readiness Survey of Nurses and Physicians

Janet Curran   ^{1, 2, 3 *} , PhD ;   Lori Wozney   ^{1, 2 *} , PhD ;   Emma Tavender   ^{4, 5, 6 *} , PhD ;   Catherine Wilson   ^{4, 6 *} , MPH ;   Krista C Ritchie   ^{7 *} , PhD ;   Helen Wong   ^{2 *} , MSc ;   Allyson Gallant   ^{2 *} , PhD ;   Mari Somerville   ^{1 *} , PhD ;   Patrick M Archambault   ^{8 *} , MD ;   Christine Cassidy   ^{2 *} , PhD ;   Mona Jabbour   ^{9 *} , MD ;   Rebecca Mackay   ^{1 *} ;   Amy C Plint   ^{9, 10, 11 *} , MD

¹ IWK Health Centre, Halifax, NS, Canada

² Department of Psychiatry, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada

³ Pediatric Emergency Research Canada, Alberta Children's Hospital, Calgary, AB, Canada

⁴ Clinical Sciences, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Melbourne, Australia

⁵ Department of Critical Care, University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

⁶ Paediatric Research in Emergency Departments International Collaborative, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Melbourne, Australia

⁷ Faculty of Education, Mount Saint Vincent University, Halifax, NS, Canada

⁸ Département de médecine familiale et médecine d'urgence, Université Laval, Québec City, QC, Canada

⁹ Department of Pediatrics, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada

¹⁰ Division of Emergency Medicine, Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Ottawa, ON, Canada

¹¹ Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada

*all authors contributed equally