Exploring Emergency Physician-Hospitalist Handoff Interactions: Development of the Handoff Communication Assessment

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 161-170

  Apker, Julie ^a   Mallak, Larry A ^b   Applegate III, E Brooks ^a   Gibson, Scott C ^c   Ham, Jason J ^d   Johnson, Neil A ^c   Street Jr , Richard L ^e  

^a WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Parkview Campus   (United States)

^c BRONSON METHODIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^e TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL STAFF; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

ADULT; COMMUNICATION; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HOSPITALISTS; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATIENT TRANSFER; PILOT PROJECTS; PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOCIOMETRIC TECHNIQUES; TELEPHONE; UNITED STATES; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 74149093310     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: 10976760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2009.09.021     Document Type: Article

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