Hospitalist handoffs: A systematic review and task force recommendations

Journal of Hospital Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 433-440

  Arora, Vineet M ^a   Manjarrez, Efren ^b   Dressler, Daniel D ^c   Basaviah, Preetha ^d   Halasyamani, Lakshmi ^e   Kripalani, Sunil ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e ST JOSEPH MERCY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Handoff; Service change; Shift change; Transition of care

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; ELECTRONIC DATA INTERCHANGE; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL HANDOFF; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HOSPITAL SERVICE; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SHIFT WORKER; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; HOSPITALISTS; HUMANS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; PATIENT CARE TEAM; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 70449732216     PISSN: 15535592     EISSN: 15535606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jhm.573     Document Type: Review

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