Development of a handoff evaluation tool for shift-to-shift physician handoffs: The handoff CEX

Journal of Hospital Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 191-200

  Horwitz, Leora I ^a,b   Rand, David ^c   Staisiunas, Paul ^d   Van Ness, Peter H ^a   Araujo, Katy L B ^a   Banerjee, Stacy S ^d   Farnan, Jeanne M ^d   Arora, Vineet M ^d  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b YALE NEW HAVEN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL HANDOVER; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL STAFF; NURSE PRACTITIONER; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONALISM; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; HOSPITALISTS; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; PATIENT HANDOFF; PHYSICIANS;

EID: 84876017268     PISSN: 15535592     EISSN: 15535606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jhm.2023     Document Type: Article

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