Video conferencing versus telephone calls for team work across hospitals: A qualitative study on simulated emergencies

BMC Emergency Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Bolle, Stein R ^a   Larsen, Frank ^a   Hagen, Oddvar ^a   Gilbert, Mads ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH NORWAY   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMMUNICATION SKILL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT INFORMATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RURAL HEALTH CARE; TEAM BUILDING; TEAMWORK; TELEPHONE; VIDEOCONFERENCING; COOPERATION; HOSPITAL; NORWAY; OBSERVATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT;

COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HOSPITALS, RURAL; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; NORWAY; OBSERVATION; TELEPHONE; VIDEOCONFERENCING;

EID: 72549084919     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1471227X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-227X-9-22     Document Type: Article

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