Co-ACT-A framework for observing coordination behaviour in acute care teams

BMJ Quality and Safety

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 596-605

  Kolbe, Michaela ^a   Burtscher, Michael Josef ^b   Manser, Tanja ^c  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CARE TEAM; ARTICLE; COORDINATION; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; MEDICAL RESEARCH; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATIENT SAFETY; RAPID RESPONSE TEAM; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEAMWORK; VIDEORECORDING; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

COMMUNICATION; HUMAN FACTORS; MEDICAL EMERGENCY TEAM; PATIENT SAFETY; TEAMWORK;

ACUTE DISEASE; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; GROUP PROCESSES; HOSPITAL RAPID RESPONSE TEAM; HUMANS; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PATIENT SAFETY;

EID: 84879421474     PISSN: 20445415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjqs-2012-001319     Document Type: Article

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