Getting the message: A quality improvement initiative to reduce pages sent to the wrong physician

BMJ Quality and Safety

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 855-862

  Wong, Brian M ^a,b,d   Cheung, C Mark ^a,b   Dharamshi, Hasan ^b   Dyal, Sonia ^b   Kiss, Alex ^e   Morra, Dante ^a,c,d   Quan, Sherman ^c   Sivjee, Khalil ^a,b   Etchells, Edward E ^a,b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; QUALITY CONTROL; WORKFLOW;

HOSPITAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; HOSPITAL-PHYSICIAN RELATIONS; HUMANS; MEDICAL ERRORS; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT;

EID: 84867698240     PISSN: 20445415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjqs-2011-000133     Document Type: Article

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