What do patients think about year-end resident continuity clinic handoffs? A qualitative study

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 999-1007

  Pincavage, Amber T ^a   Lee, Wei Wei ^a   Beiting, Kimberly J ^b   Arora, Vineet M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

Author keywords

outpatient handoffs; patient safety; patient centered care; resident continuity clinic; sign out; transitions of care; year end transfer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL HANDOVER; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LEARNING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PATIENT CODING; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RESIDENT; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; TELECONSULTATION;

CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; PATIENT HANDOFF; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

EID: 84880509309     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-013-2395-3     Document Type: Article

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