Challenges to inter-departmental coordination of patient transfers: A workflow perspective

International Journal of Medical Informatics

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 112-122

  Abraham, Joanna ^a   Reddy, Madhu C ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical and non clinical departments; Cooperative behavior; Coordination; Information management; Inter departmental workflows; Patient transfers; Qualitative study

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL AND NON-CLINICAL DEPARTMENTS; CO-OPERATIVE BEHAVIORS; PATIENT TRANSFER; QUALITATIVE STUDY; WORK-FLOWS;

DATA ACQUISITION; DESIGN; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MEDICAL COMPUTING; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

INFORMATION MANAGEMENT;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS, CLINICAL; HUMANS; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; PATIENT TRANSFER;

EID: 74149092095     PISSN: 13865056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2009.11.001     Document Type: Article

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