Socio-technical challenges in implementing safe patient handovers

Studies in Health Technology and Informatics

Volumn 157, Issue , 2010, Pages 206-212

  Balka, Ellen ^a,b   Tolar, Marianne ^a   Coates, Shannon ^a   Whitehouse, Sandra ^a,c  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b VANCOUVER COASTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

electronic patient records; handovers; Patient safety; socio technical

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; SAFETY ENGINEERING;

ELECTRONIC PATIENT RECORD; HAND OVER; HEALTH INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HEALTH INFORMATIONS; PATIENT SAFETY; SOCIO-TECHNICAL ASPECTS; SOCIO-TECHNICAL ISSUES; SOCIOTECHNICAL;

MEDICAL COMPUTING;

EID: 77954516792     PISSN: 09269630     EISSN: 18798365     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.3233/978-1-60750-569-3-206     Document Type: Conference Paper

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