Understanding how rapid response systems may improve safety for the acutely ill patient: Learning from the frontline

BMJ Quality and Safety

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 135-144

  Mackintosh, Nicola ^a   Rainey, Helen ^a   Sandall, Jane ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTELY ILL PATIENT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT SAFETY; RAPID RESPONSE TEAM; SCORING SYSTEM; UNITED KINGDOM; WARD;

ACUTE DISEASE; CRITICAL CARE; GREAT BRITAIN; HOSPITAL RAPID RESPONSE TEAM; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; SAFETY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84856109348     PISSN: 20445415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjqs-2011-000147     Document Type: Article

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