Designing for redundancy: Nurses experiences with the wireless nurse call system

Studies in Health Technology and Informatics

Volumn 192, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 328-332

  Klemets, Joakim ^a   Evjemo, Tor Erik ^a   Kristiansen, Lill ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Collaboration; Communication; Qualitative research; Safety

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; COMMUNICATION; HOSPITALS; REDUNDANCY; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS;

COLLABORATION; HIGH RELIABILITY ORGANIZATIONS; NURSE CALL SYSTEMS; PATIENT SAFETY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF CARE; QUICK RESPONSE; SYSTEM USE;

NURSING;

HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; NORWAY; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; WIRELESS COMMUNICATION; WORKFLOW; WORKLOAD;

HOSPITAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; NORWAY; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; WIRELESS TECHNOLOGY; WORKFLOW; WORKLOAD;

EID: 84894347563     PISSN: 09269630     EISSN: 18798365     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.3233/978-1-61499-289-9-328     Document Type: Conference Paper

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