Moving patients around: A field study of coordination between clinical and non-clinical staff in hospitals

Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work, CSCW

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 225-228

  Abraham, Joanna ^a   Reddy, Madhu C ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical non clinical coordination; Hospitals; Medical work

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC HOSPITALS; CLINICAL STAFF; FIELD STUDIES; INFORMATION SHARING; MEDICAL WORK; PATIENT TRANSFER; STAFF MEMBERS;

GROUPWARE; INTERACTIVE COMPUTER SYSTEMS;

HOSPITALS;

EID: 77950812784     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1460563.1460598     Document Type: Conference Paper

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