Communication failures in patient sign-out and suggestions for improvement: A critical incident analysis

Quality and Safety in Health Care

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 401-407

  Arora, V ^a   Johnson, J ^a,b   Lovinger, D ^a   Humphrey, H J ^c   Meltzer, D O ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b American Board of Medical Specialties   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CONSTANT COMPARATIVE METHOD; CRITICAL INCIDENTS METHOD; DATA ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; LABORATORY TEST; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT CODING; RESIDENT; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

CHICAGO; COMMUNICATION; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; DATA COLLECTION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; INTERVIEWS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RISK MANAGEMENT; SAFETY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 29244485564     PISSN: 14753898     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/qshc.2005.015107     Document Type: Article

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