Stakeholder perspectives on handovers between hospital staff and general practitioners: An evaluation through the microsystems lens

BMJ Quality and Safety

Volumn 21, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2012, Pages

  Göbel, Beryl ^a   Zwart, Dorien ^a   Hesselink, Gijs ^b   Pijnenborg, Loes ^a   Barach, Paul ^a,c   Kalkman, Cor ^a   Johnson, Julie K ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STAVANGER   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL HANDOVER; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MALE; NAMED GROUPS BY OCCUPATION; NURSE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; STAKEHOLDER; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL PATHWAY; CLINICAL TRIAL; EVALUATION STUDY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; IN SERVICE TRAINING; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL STAFF; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); NETHERLANDS; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; PUBLIC RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STANDARDS; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNITY-INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; CRITICAL PATHWAYS; FEEDBACK; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONERS; HUMANS; INSERVICE TRAINING; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; MULTICENTER STUDIES AS TOPIC; NETHERLANDS; ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; PATIENT HANDOFF; PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

EID: 84871928773     PISSN: 20445415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjqs-2012-001192     Document Type: Article

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