Handover in the emergency department: Deficiencies and adverse effects

EMA - Emergency Medicine Australasia

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 433-441

  Ye, Ken ^a   McD Taylor, David ^a,c   Knott, Jonathan C ^a   Dent, Andrew ^b   MacBean, Catherine E ^a  

^a ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c AUSTIN HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adverse event; Communication; Emergency department; Handover

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE OUTCOME; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL INFORMATION; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REPEAT PROCEDURE;

AUSTRALIA; COMMUNICATION; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HOSPITAL UNITS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PATIENT TRANSFER; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 35048871129     PISSN: 17426731     EISSN: 17426723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-6723.2007.00984.x     Document Type: Article

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