Smartphones let surgeons know WhatsApp: An analysis of communication in emergency surgical teams

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 209, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 45-51

  Johnston, Maximilian J ^a   King, Dominic ^a   Arora, Sonal ^a   Behar, Nebil ^b   Athanasiou, Thanos ^c   Sevdalis, Nick ^a   Darzi, Ara ^c  

^a ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b CHELSEA AND WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Communication; Information technology; Patient safety mHealth; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNICATION PROTOCOL; EMERGENCY SURGERY; HUMAN; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; MOBILE APPLICATION; MOBILE PHONE; PATIENT SAFETY; RESIDENT; RESPONSE TIME; SURGEON; TECHNOLOGY; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; GENERAL SURGERY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUBLIC RELATIONS; TIME;

CELL PHONES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MOBILE APPLICATIONS; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PATIENT SAFETY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84915819040     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: 18791883     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2014.08.030     Document Type: Article

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