Challenging the information gap - The patients transfer from hospital to home health care

International Journal of Medical Informatics

Volumn 73, Issue 7-8, 2004, Pages 569-580

  Hellesø, Ragnhild ^a   Lorensen, Margarethe ^a   Sorensen, Lena ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Continuity of inter organizational care; Home health care; Hospital discharge; Information content; Information gap; Safety

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; HEALTH CARE; HOSPITALS; INFORMATION ANALYSIS;

ELECTRONIC NURSING; HOME HEALTH CARE (HHC);

PATIENT MONITORING;

COMPREHENSION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; NURSE; NURSE ATTITUDE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

COMMUNICATION; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; HEALTH STATUS; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; NURSING RECORDS; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT TRANSFER; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SAFETY;

EID: 3042754463     PISSN: 13865056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2004.04.009     Document Type: Conference Paper

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