"Do no harm": Fortifying MDT collaboration in changing technological times

International Journal of Medical Informatics

Volumn 82, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 613-625

  Kane, Bridget ^a,b   Luz, Saturnino ^b  

^a ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Collaborative work; Medical decision making; Teamwork

Indexed keywords

COLLABORATIVE WORK; ELECTRONIC PATIENT RECORD; HUMAN-HUMAN INTERACTIONS; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PICTURE ARCHIVE AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEWS; TEAMWORK; TECHNOLOGICAL ENVIRONMENT;

HOSPITALS; VIDEO CONFERENCING;

MEDICAL APPLICATIONS;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COOPERATION; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; ETHNOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; MULTIDISCIPLINARY TEAM; PATIENT SAFETY; PICTURE ARCHIVING AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TEAMWORK; VIDEOCONFERENCING;

COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; GROUP PROCESSES; HUMANS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; ONLINE SYSTEMS; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS;

EID: 84878990347     PISSN: 13865056     EISSN: 18728243     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2013.03.003     Document Type: Article

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