Quick Response codes for surgical safety: A prospective pilot study

Journal of Surgical Research

Volumn 184, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 157-163

  Dixon, Jennifer L ^a   Smythe, William Roy ^a   Momsen, Lara S ^a   Jupiter, Daniel ^a   Papaconstantinou, Harry T ^a  

^a SCOTT AND WHITE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Health services; Innovation; Outcomes; Patient safety; Quick Response codes; Surgical safety checklist; Technology; Time out

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LIKERT SCALE; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT SAFETY; PERCEPTION; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUICK RESPONSE CODE; REVIEW; SURGEON;

EID: 84884674903     PISSN: 00224804     EISSN: 10958673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2013.06.036     Document Type: Article

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