Use of strategies from high-reliability organisations to the patient hand-off by resident physicians: Practical implications

Quality and Safety in Health Care

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 261-266

  Philibert, I ^a  

^a Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; RELIABILITY; RESIDENT; SKILL;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INSERVICE TRAINING; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 69449106149     PISSN: 14753898     EISSN: 14753901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/qshc.2008.031609     Document Type: Article

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