Patient safety and sociotechnical considerations for electronic handover tools in an Australian ehealth landscape

Studies in Health Technology and Informatics

Volumn 157, Issue , 2010, Pages 193-198

  Showell, Chris ^a   Thomas, Matthew ^b   Wong, Ming Chao ^a   Yee, Kwang Chien ^a   Miller, Steve ^c   Pirone, Christy ^c   Turner, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES   (Australia)

Author keywords

clinical handover; ehealth; electronic handover tools; human centred design; patient safety

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL ENVIRONMENTS; DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATIONS; E-HEALTH STANDARDS; HANDOVER; HEALTH INFORMATIONS; HUMAN CENTRED DESIGN; NATIONAL E-HEALTH TRANSITION AUTHORITIES; PATIENT SAFETY;

EHEALTH;

EID: 77954492441     PISSN: 09269630     EISSN: 18798365     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.3233/978-1-60750-569-3-193     Document Type: Conference Paper

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