A policy-based intervention for the reduction of communication breakdowns in inpatient surgical care: Results from a harvard surgical safety collaborative

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 253, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 849-854

  Arriaga, Alexander F ^a,b   Elbardissi, Andrew W ^a,b   Regenbogen, Scott E ^a,c   Greenberg, Caprice C ^a,b   Berry, William R ^a   Lipsitz, Stuart ^b   Moorman, Donald ^d   Kasser, James ^e   Warshaw, Andrew L ^c   Zinner, Michael J ^b   Gawande, Atul A ^a,b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENT; SURGICAL PATIENT; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; BOSTON; CRITICAL CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; INTERVENTION STUDIES; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; POLICY MAKING; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE;

EID: 79954633114     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: 15281140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0b013e3181f4dfc8     Document Type: Article

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