Tackling care transitions: Mom and apple pie vs. The devil in the details

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 985-987

  Arora, Vineet M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MEDICAL RECORD; NOTE; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; STANDARD;

CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; HUMANS; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 77950361402     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-009-1021-x     Document Type: Review

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