Box 2.

Themes, subthemes, and codes describing stakeholder views

Main theme	Subthemes	Codes
Clinical impact	Communication	Current communication barriers at primary–secondary care interface
		Discharge information accessibility for GPs
		Patient empowerment
		Clarity in transitional care
	Error reduction	Occurrence of error in current system
		Quality of discharge medication information
		Role of PHARMS device in error reduction
	Future use of PHARMS	Use at admission
		Use at discharge
		Use in community pharmacy
		Use during travel
Intervention characteristics	Physical attributes	Shape and structure of PHARMS device
	Technology	USB
		Mechanism of operation
Integration with usual care	Modification	Integration of information in GP software system
		Mandatory completion of fields in hospital system
		Use of hospital formulary
		Improving patient knowledge
	Workload	Process efficiency
		Time constraints
	Deviation from usual practice	Uncertainty regarding PHARMS device operation
		Infrequent use of PHARMS device
		Role of nursing staff in facilitating use of PHARMS device
	IT	Hospital hardware issues
		Mixed electronic and paper hospital record system
		Security
		Installation issues in hospital

PHARMS = patient-held active record of medication status. IT = information technology. USB = universal series bus.