Development of a handoff continuity score to improve pediatric ICU physician schedule design for enhanced physician and patient continuity

Critical Care

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Smalley, Hannah K ^a   Keskinocak, Pinar ^a   Vats, Atul ^b  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HANDOFF CONTINUITY SCORE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SHIFT WORKER; WORK; WORK SCHEDULE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; REPRODUCIBILITY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHILD; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, PEDIATRIC; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 80054738985     PISSN: 13648535     EISSN: 1466609X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/cc10504     Document Type: Article

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