Patterns for collaborative work in health care teams

Artificial Intelligence in Medicine

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 139-160

  Grando, Maria Adela ^a   Peleg, Mor ^b   Cuggia, Marc ^c   Glasspool, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

Author keywords

Design patterns; Exceptions; Medical guidelines; PROforma; Tallis; Team work

Indexed keywords

DESIGN PATTERNS; EXCEPTIONS; MEDICAL GUIDELINES; PROFORMA; TALLIS; TEAM WORK;

ABSTRACTING; DESIGN; HEALTH CARE; MEDICAL PROBLEMS; RECOVERY; SPECIFICATIONS;

HEALTH;

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROFESSIONAL DELEGATION; TEAMWORK;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DELEGATION, PROFESSIONAL; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; MEDICAL ERRORS; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; ORGANIZATIONAL OBJECTIVES; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PERSONNEL DELEGATION; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING INFORMATION SYSTEMS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC; WORKFLOW; WORKLOAD;

EID: 80054043094     PISSN: 09333657     EISSN: 18732860     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.artmed.2011.08.005     Document Type: Article

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