Effects of a multicentre teamwork and communication programme on patient outcomes: Results from the Triad for Optimal Patient Safety (TOPS) project

BMJ Quality and Safety

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 118-126

  Auerbach, Andrew D ^a   Sehgal, Niraj L ^a   Blegen, Mary A ^b   Maselli, Judith ^a   Alldredge, Brian K ^b   Vittinghoff, Eric ^a   Wachter, Robert M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SELF REPORT; TEAMWORK; TRAINING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CALIFORNIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTI-INSTITUTIONAL SYSTEMS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT CARE TEAM; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84856106247     PISSN: 20445415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjqs-2011-000311     Document Type: Article

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