An institution-wide handoff task force to standardise and improve physician handoffs

BMJ Quality and Safety

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 863-871

  Horwitz, Leora I ^a,b   Schuster, Kevin M ^a   Thung, Stephen F ^c   Hersh, David C ^a   Fisher, Rosemarie L ^a   Shah, Nidhi ^b   Cushing, William ^b   Nunes, Judy ^a   Silverman, David G ^a   Jenq, Grace Y ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b YALE NEW HAVEN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EDUCATION PROGRAM; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL POLICY; HUMAN; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIVACY; STANDARD; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; WORKLOAD;

ADVISORY COMMITTEES; BENCHMARKING; CURRICULUM; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; HUMANS; MEDICAL ERRORS; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; PATIENT HANDOFF; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; STAFF DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84867734511     PISSN: 20445415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjqs-2011-000658     Document Type: Article

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