Handover patterns: An observational study of critical care physicians

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Ilan, Roy ^a   Lebaron, Curtis D ^b   Christianson, Marlys K ^c   Heyland, Daren K ^a   Day, Andrew ^d   Cohen, Michael D ^e  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d KINGSTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Adverse effects; Communication; Safety; Standardization; Video Recording

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARD; TIME; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VIDEORECORDING;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; COMMUNICATION; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; CRITICAL CARE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; ONTARIO; PATIENT TRANSFER; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 84855508717     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-12-11     Document Type: Article

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