Patient safety in after-hours telephone medicine

Family Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 404-409

  Killip, Shersten ^a,c   Ireson, Carol L ^b   Love, Margaret M ^a   Fleming, Steven T ^b   Katirai, Whitney ^b   Sandford, Katherine ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY COLLEGE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; PARACETAMOL; WARFARIN;

ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG OVERDOSE; FAMILY MEDICINE; HARM REDUCTION; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL SERVICE; MEDICATION ERROR; NARRATIVE; PATIENT SAFETY; PHYSICIAN; REGISTERED NURSE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TELEMEDICINE; TELEPHONE; THREAT; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; WORK SCHEDULE;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ADULT; AFTER-HOURS CARE; AGED; FAMILY PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOTLINES; HUMANS; INFORMATION CENTERS; INTERVIEWS; KENTUCKY; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL ERRORS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; REMOTE CONSULTATION; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; TELEPHONE;

EID: 34249890845     PISSN: 07423225     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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