The top 10 list for a safe and effective sign-out

Archives of Surgery

Volumn 143, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1008-1010

  Kemp, Clinton D ^a   Bath, Jonathan M ^a   Berger, Jonathan ^a   Bergsman, Aaron ^a   Ellison, Trevor ^a   Emery, Katherine ^a   Garonzik Wang, Jacqueline ^a   Hui Chou, Helen G ^a   Mayo, Skye C ^a   Serrano, Oscar K ^a   Shridharani, Sachin ^a   Zuberi, Kashif ^a   Lipsett, Pamela A ^a   Freischlag, Julie A ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; HEALTH CARE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; RESIDENT; STANDARDIZATION; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; WORKING TIME;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ADULT; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; FEMALE; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MALE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT CARE MANAGEMENT; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE; WORKLOAD;

EID: 54349118171     PISSN: 00040010     EISSN: 15383644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.143.10.1008     Document Type: Article

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