Multi-professional patterns and methods of communication during patient handoffs

International Journal of Medical Informatics

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 252-267

  Benham Hutchins, Marge M ^a   Effken, Judith A ^b  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication; Handoff; Health information technology; Interdisciplinary; Multi professional; Social network analysis

Indexed keywords

ASYNCHRONOUS COMMUNICATION; CLINICAL INFORMATION; COMMUNICATION ACTIVITIES; COMMUNICATION MODULES; COMMUNICATION PATTERN; COMMUNICATION PRINCIPLE; COMMUNICATION PROCESS; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD; ELECTRONIC RECORDS; EMERGENCY DEPARTMENTS; EXPLORATORY STUDIES; HANDOFF PROCESS; HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS; HEALTH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; HEALTH INFORMATIONS; INFORMATION COORDINATION; INFORMATION FLOWS; NETWORK PATTERN; NETWORK SIZE; NETWORK STRUCTURES; NON-LINEAR; PAPER CHARTS; PROFESSIONAL COMMUNICATION; PROFESSIONAL GROUPS; SOCIAL NETWORK ANALYSIS; VERBAL COMMUNICATIONS;

ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYSIS; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; RECORDS MANAGEMENT;

INFORMATION DISSEMINATION;

ARTICLE; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICINE; NURSING; OBSERVATION; PHARMACY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SATISFACTION; SNOWBALL SAMPLE; SOCIAL NETWORK;

CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; PATIENT TRANSFER; QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77549088300     PISSN: 13865056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2009.12.005     Document Type: Article

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