The effects of a 'discharge time-out' on the quality of hospital discharge summaries

BMJ Quality and Safety

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 885-890

  Mohta, Namita ^a,b,c   Vaishnava, Prashant ^a,c   Liang, Cathy ^b   Ye, Kye ^d   Vitale, Matt ^c,d   Dalal, Anuj ^a,c   Schnipper, Jeff ^a,b,c  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Division of General Medicine and Primary Care   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d Internal Medicine Residency Program   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISCHARGE TIME OUT; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; PATIENT CARE; SELF REPORT; STANDARDIZATION;

HOSPITALISTS; HUMANS; PATIENT DISCHARGE; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84867678702     PISSN: 20445415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjqs-2011-000441     Document Type: Article

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