A systematic review of the literature on the evaluation of handoff tools: Implications for research and practice

Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 154-162

  Abraham, Joanna ^a   Kannampallil, Thomas ^a   Patel, Vimla L ^a  

^a NEW YORK ACADEMY OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL HANDOVER; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DATA BASE; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUASI EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; REVIEW; RIGOR; STANDARDIZATION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

CARE CONTINUITY; EVALUATION METHOD; HANDOFF TOOLS; PATIENT SAFETY; STANDARDIZATION;

EVALUATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; PATIENT HANDOFF; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 84890474831     PISSN: 10675027     EISSN: 1527974X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/amiajnl-2012-001351     Document Type: Review

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