Decreasing handoff-related care failures in children's hospitals

Pediatrics

Volumn 134, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Bigham, Michael T ^a   Logsdon, Tina R ^b   Manicone, Paul E ^c   Landrigan, Christopher P ^d   Hayes, Leslie W ^e   Randall, Kelly H ^e   Grover, Purva ^a   Collins, Susan B ^f   Ramirez, Dana E ^g   O'Guin, Crystal D ^h   Williams, Catherine I ^c   Warnick, Robin J ⁱ   Sharek, Paul J ^j  

^a AKRON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^c CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e Department of Critical Care Medicine Children's of Alabama ^*  (United States)

^f JOHNS HOPKINS ALL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^g CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF THE KING S DAUGHTERS   (United States)

^h ST JUDE CHILDREN S RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

ⁱ Children's Health Care of Atlanta   (United States)

^j STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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Author keywords

Care failure; Handovers; Patient safety; Quality improvement; Transition of care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD CARE; CLINICAL HANDOVER; COOPERATION; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE; QUALITY CONTROL; RESPONSIBILITY; STANDARDIZATION; TREATMENT FAILURE;

CARE FAILURE; HANDOVERS; PATIENT SAFETY; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; TRANSITION OF CARE;

EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT HANDOFF; PATIENT SAFETY; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT;

EID: 84905215507     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2013-1844     Document Type: Article

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