Utilizing information technology to mitigate the handoff risks caused by resident work hour restrictions

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 468, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 2627-2632

  Bernstein, Joseph ^a   MacCourt, Duncan C ^b   Jacob, Dan M ^c   Mehta, Samir ^d  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c Healthcare Analytics LLC   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; COMPUTER INTERFACE; CONFERENCE PAPER; FATIGUE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HUMAN; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL SCHOOL; ORTHOPEDICS; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; RADIOGRAPHY; RESIDENT; RESPONSIBILITY; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; SLEEP TIME; TEACHING HOSPITAL; WORK SCHEDULE; ARTICLE; COOPERATION; EXPERT SYSTEM; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MEDICAL RECORD; PATIENT CARE; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; TIME; WORKLOAD;

CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; EXPERT SYSTEMS; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MEDICAL ERRORS; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; TIME FACTORS; WORKLOAD;

EID: 77957346553     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11999-010-1376-7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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