A national survey of medical morning handover report in Australian hospitals

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 187, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 595-

  Loh, Erwin ^a  

^a PETER MACCALLUM CANCER CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; GOOD CLINICAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LETTER; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT INFORMATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT SAFETY; PHYSICIAN; STANDARDIZATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; NOTE; CLINICAL DATA REPOSITORY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE;

AUSTRALIA; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; DATA COLLECTION; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION;

EID: 38449107951     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2007.tb01429.x     Document Type: Letter

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