Review of computerized physician handoff tools for improving the quality of patient care

Journal of Hospital Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 456-463

  Li, Pin ^a   Ali, Sajid ^b   Tang, Charlotte ^b   Ghali, William Amin ^a,b   Stelfox, Henry Thomas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL HANDOVER; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT INFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RESIDENT; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; HUMANS; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT HANDOFF; PHYSICIANS; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT;

EID: 84881554108     PISSN: 15535592     EISSN: 15535606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jhm.1988     Document Type: Review

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