Implementing SBAR across a large multihospital health system

Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 261-268

  Compton, Jan ^a   Copeland, Karen ^a   Flanders, Sonya ^b   Cassity, Cindy ^c   Spetman, Michelle ^a   Xiao, Yan ^d   Kennerly, Don ^a  

^a BAYLOR HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b Internal Medical Services   (United States)

^c BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d Human Factors and Patient Safety Research   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DOCTOR NURSE RELATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; IN SERVICE TRAINING; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL STAFF; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMMUNICATION; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INSERVICE TRAINING; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PHYSICIAN-NURSE RELATIONS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; TEXAS;

EID: 84862202307     PISSN: 15537250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1553-7250(12)38033-1     Document Type: Article

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