Frequency and clinical importance of pages sent to the wrong physician

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 169, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1072-1073

  Wong, Brian M ^a   Quan, Sherman ^b   Cheung, C Mark ^b   Morra, Dante ^b   Rossos, Peter G ^b   Sivjee, Khalil ^b   Wu, Robert ^b   Etchells, Edward E ^b  

^a SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL PHYSICIAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LETTER; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICAL RECORD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

EMERGENCIES; HOSPITAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; MEDICAL ERRORS; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING;

EID: 67249144518     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinternmed.2009.117     Document Type: Letter

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