Gaps, disconnections, and discontinuities- The role of information exchange in the delivery of quality long-term care

Gerontologist

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 770-779

  Georgiou, Andrew ^a   Marks, Anne ^a   Braithwaite, Jeffrey ^a   Westbrook, Johanna Irene ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Communications; Evaluation; Health informatics; Information communication technologies; Organizational communication

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COMMUNICATIONS; EVALUATION STUDY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOME FOR THE AGED; HUMAN; INFORMATION COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LONG TERM CARE; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; NURSING HOME; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; ORGANIZATIONAL COMMUNICATION; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STANDARD; STANDARDS;

COMMUNICATIONS; EVALUATION; HEALTH INFORMATICS; INFORMATION COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES; ORGANIZATIONAL COMMUNICATION;

AUSTRALIA; COMMUNICATION; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; FOCUS GROUPS; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; NURSING HOMES; ORGANIZATION AND ADMINISTRATION; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84888633420     PISSN: 00169013     EISSN: 17585341     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geront/gns127     Document Type: Article

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