IDEA FOCUSED: when the author is in brackets at the end of your paraphrase:

Patients must be given clear discharge instructions regarding their medications before they leave hospital (Kable & Pond, 2020).

AUTHOR FOCUSED: when the author is part of your sentence:

ØUsing According to:

According to Kable and Pond (2020), patients must be given clear discharge instructions regarding their medications before they leave hospital.

ØUsing a reporting verb:

Kable and Pond (2020) stated that patients must be given clear discharge instructions regarding their medications before they leave hospital.

(Reporting verbs followed by ‘that’ include: showed, revealed, reported, recognised, argued, indicated, noted, found, etc) 

Kable and Pond (2020) highlighted the importance of giving patients clear discharge instructions regarding their medications before they leave hospital.

(Reporting verbs followed by ‘a noun/noun group or –ing form’ include: described, examined, explored, highlighted, identified, discussed, etc)