Onsite handover of clinical care: Implementing modified CHAPS

Clinical Governance

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 220-230

  Basu, Abhijit ^a   Arora, Rohit ^b   Fernandes, Nancy ^a  

^a MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Information exchange; Patient care; Risk management; United Kingdom Paper type Case study

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PICTURE HISTORY ASSESSMENT PLAN SHARING INFORMATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; MATERNAL CARE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT INFORMATION; PILOT STUDY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; UNITED KINGDOM; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 80054947369     PISSN: 14777274     EISSN: 17586038     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14777271111153813     Document Type: Article

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