The collaborative communication model for patient handover at the interface between high-acuity and low-acuity care

BMJ Quality and Safety

Volumn 21, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2012, Pages

  Toccafondi, Giulio ^a   Albolino, Sara ^a   Tartaglia, Riccardo ^a   Guidi, Stefano ^b   Molisso, Antonio ^c   Venneri, Francesco ^c   Peris, Adriano ^d   Pieralli, Filippo ^d   Magnelli, Elisabetta ^d   Librenti, Marco ^c   Morelli, Marco ^c   Barach, Paul ^e  

^a Tuscany GRC   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^c Florence Health Care Trust ASF   (Italy)

^d Emergency Department   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL HANDOVER; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; CHECKLIST; COOPERATION; EUROPE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL STAFF; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; STANDARDS; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

CHECKLIST; COMMUNICATION; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DATA COLLECTION; EUROPE; FOCUS GROUPS; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PATIENT HANDOFF; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84871893419     PISSN: 20445415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjqs-2012-001178     Document Type: Article

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