Electronic inpatient whiteboards: Improving multidisciplinary communication and coordination of care

International Journal of Medical Informatics

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 239-247

  Wong, Hannah J ^a,b   Caesar, Michael ^b   Bandali, Salim ^b   Agnew, James ^b   Abrams, Howard ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Communication; Information; Multidisciplinary care; Technology; Whiteboard

Indexed keywords

CARE PROCESS; CHANGE MANAGEMENTS; COLLABORATIVE DEVELOPMENT; CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENTS; INFORMATION; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES; INTERNAL MEDICINES; LIFE-CYCLE; MULTIDISCIPLINARY CARE; PATIENT CARES; PATIENT INFORMATIONS; POSITIVE CHANGES; PROJECT DEVELOPMENT; PROJECT TEAMS; WHITEBOARD; WORK FLOW ANALYSIS; WORK PRACTICES;

HEALTH CARE; SURVEYS;

COMMUNICATION;

ARTICLE; COMMUNICATION AID; ELECTRONIC BULLETIN BOARD; HEALTH SURVEY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PATIENT INFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INPATIENTS; ONTARIO; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 60949105880     PISSN: 13865056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2008.07.012     Document Type: Article

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