Dropping the baton during the handoff from emergency-Department to primary care: Pediatric Asthma continuity errors

Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 467-474

  Hsiao, Allen L ^a,b   Shiftman, Richard N ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b YALE NEW HAVEN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MEDICAL ERROR; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PEDIATRICS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ASTHMA; CHILD; CONNECTICUT; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; MEDICAL ERRORS; PEDIATRICS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

EID: 70350101272     PISSN: 15537250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1553-7250(09)35065-5     Document Type: Article

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