Bridging gaps in handoffs: A continuity of care based approach

Journal of Biomedical Informatics

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 240-254

  Abraham, Joanna ^a   Kannampallil, Thomas G ^a   Patel, Vimla L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b NEW YORK ACADEMY OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication; Critical care; Handoffs; Handovers; Information breakdowns; Information transfer; Resident sign out

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION; DECISION MAKING; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS;

CRITICAL CARE; HAND OVER; HANDOFFS; INFORMATION BREAKDOWNS; INFORMATION TRANSFERS; RESIDENT SIGN-OUT;

ITERATIVE METHODS;

ARTICLE; AUDIO RECORDING; CLINICIAN CENTERED APPROACH; DATA COLLECTION METHOD; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

EID: 84858289299     PISSN: 15320464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbi.2011.10.011     Document Type: Article

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