Identification of patient information corruption in the intensive care unit: Using a scoring tool to direct quality improvements in handover

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2905-2912

  Pickering, Brian W ^a   Hurley, Killian ^a   Marsh, Brian ^a  

^a MATER MISERICORDIAE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Handover; Information technology; Infrastructure; Intensive care unit; Medical error; Organization; Quality indicators; Score

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICAL RECORD; PATIENT INFORMATION; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

EID: 73449083374     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: 15300293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e3181a96267     Document Type: Article

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