Assessing hospital safety on nights and weekends: The SWAN tool

Journal of Patient Safety

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 75-78

  Shulkin, David J ^a  

^a BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Hospital administration; Hospital services; Medical errors; Nights and weekends; Off hour care; Outcomes of care; Patient safety; Quality assessment; Transition care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; SAFETY;

AFTER-HOURS CARE; HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATION; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; NIGHT CARE; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; SAFETY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 68549109666     PISSN: 15498417     EISSN: 15498425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PTS.0b013e3181a5db10     Document Type: Article

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