Quality and safety during the off hours in medicine units: A mixed methods study of front-line provider perspectives

Journal of Hospital Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 756-763

  Gonzalo, Jed D ^a   Moser, Eileen ^a   Lehman, Erik ^a   Kuperman, Ethan ^b  

^a PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE ONTOLOGY; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; JOB EXPERIENCE; NIGHT WORK; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONALISM; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; THEMATIC ANALYSIS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; DOCTOR NURSE RELATION; HOSPITALIZATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL STAFF; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS; TRENDS; WORK SCHEDULE;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DATA COLLECTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; PHYSICIAN-NURSE RELATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE;

EID: 84914155100     PISSN: 15535592     EISSN: 15535606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jhm.2261     Document Type: Article

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