Interunit handoffs of patients and transfers of information: A survey of current practices

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 343-349.e5

  Kessler, Chad ^a   Scott, Nathaniel L ^b   Siedsma, Matt ^c   Jordan, Jaime ^d,e   Beach, Christopher ^f   Coletti, Christian M ^g  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS HOSPITAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES SYSTEM   (United States)

^d HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g CHRISTIANA CARE HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL MEDICINE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNAL MEDICINE; INTERNIST; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RURAL AREA; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; CLINICAL HANDOVER; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; MEDICAL STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HOSPITALISTS; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; PATIENT HANDOFF; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84908073496     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: 10976760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2014.04.022     Document Type: Article

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