Safe use of symbols in handover documentation for medical teams

Behaviour and Information Technology

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 499-506

  Galliers, Julia ^a   Wilson, Stephanie ^a   Randell, Rebecca ^a   Woodward, Peter ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

handoff; handover; healthcare; multi disciplinary teams; safety; symbols

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC PATIENT RECORD; HANDOFF; HANDOVER; HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS; MEDICAL DOCUMENTS; MEDICAL TEAMS; MICROSOFT; MULTI-DISCIPLINARY TEAMS;

DECISION MAKING; HEALTH CARE; USER INTERFACES;

INTEROPERABILITY;

EID: 79960346512     PISSN: 0144929X     EISSN: 13623001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0144929X.2011.582147     Document Type: Article

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