Measuring handoff quality in labor and delivery: Development, validation, and application of the Coordination of Handoff Effectiveness Questionnaire (CHEQ)

Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 213-220

  Block, Michael ^a   Ehrenworth, Jean F ^b   Cuce, Virginia M ^b   Ng'Ang'A, Njoki ^b   Weinbach, Jacqueline ^b   Saber, Shelley ^b   Milic, Milija ^a   Urgo, Judith A ^b   Sokoli, Desiree ^b   Schlesinger, Mark D ^b   Sexton, J Bryan ^c,d  

^a HACKENSACK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Hackensack UMC   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BURNOUT; CLINICAL HANDOVER; DELIVERY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; LABOR; NURSING; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; NEW JERSEY; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PATIENT HANDOFF; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84876920444     PISSN: 15537250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1553-7250(13)39028-x     Document Type: Article

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