In search of common ground in handoff documentation in an Intensive Care Unit

Journal of Biomedical Informatics

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 307-315

  Collins, Sarah A ^a   Mamykina, Lena ^b   Jordan, Desmond ^b,c   Stein, Dan M ^b   Shine, Alisabeth ^b   Reyfman, Paul ^b   Kaufman, David ^b  

^a PARTNERS HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c Department of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Handoff; Interdisciplinary; Patient centered

Indexed keywords

COMMON GROUND; COMPUTER BASED TOOLS; CRITICAL CARE; HANDOFF; INFORMATION CODING; INFORMATION FLOWS; INTERDISCIPLINARY; MEDICAL CENTER; MULTI-DISCIPLINARY; MULTIPLE DISCIPLINES; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT DATA; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT-CENTERED; SEMANTIC CODING; SEMI-STRUCTURED;

COMMUNICATION; HOSPITAL DATA PROCESSING; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS;

NURSING;

ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; CODING; HANDOFF MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS DESIGN; SEMANTICS; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

COMMUNICATION; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; DOCUMENTATION; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; NURSES; PATIENT TRANSFER;

EID: 84858297717     PISSN: 15320464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbi.2011.11.007     Document Type: Article

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