Socio-cultural issues and patient safety: A case study into the development of an electronic support tool for clinical handover

Studies in Health Technology and Informatics

Volumn 130, Issue , 2007, Pages 279-289

  Wong, Ming Chao ^a,b   Turner, Paul ^a,b   Yee, Kwang Chien ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b Smart Internet Technology Cooperative Research Centre   (Australia)

^c ROYAL HOBART HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

clinical handover; health informatics; information communication technology; patient safety; Socio cultural systems

Indexed keywords

MEDICINE;

HANDOVER; HEALTH INFORMATICS; INFORMATION COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY; PATIENT SAFETY; SOCIO-CULTURAL;

HEALTH CARE;

ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; INFORMATION SYSTEM; NURSE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; HUMANS; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; NURSES; ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES; PHYSICIANS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 44349170946     PISSN: 09269630     EISSN: 18798365     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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