Interventions to improve patient safety in transitional care - A review of the evidence

Work

Volumn 41, Issue SUPPL.1, 2012, Pages 2915-2924

  Laugaland, Kristin ^a   Aase, Karina ^b,c   Barach, Paul ^b,c  

^a Forde Hospital   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STAVANGER   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

adverse events; elderly; interventions; patient safety; Transitional care

Indexed keywords

AGED; CLINICAL HANDOVER; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT SAFETY;

AGED; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PATIENT HANDOFF; PATIENT SAFETY; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84859813439     PISSN: 10519815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/WOR-2012-0544-2915     Document Type: Conference Paper

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