Electronic medical handover: Towards safer medical care

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 183, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 369-372

  Cheah, Lean Peng ^a,b   Amott, Debbie H ^a   Pollard, James ^a   Watters, David A K ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c GEELONG HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; GENERAL SURGERY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT INFORMATION; PHYSICIAN; RESUSCITATION; TREATMENT PLANNING; WARD;

EID: 26444620152     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2005.tb07086.x     Document Type: Article

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