Navigating care transitions: A process model of how doctors overcome organizational barriers and create awareness

Medical Care Research and Review

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 25-48

  Hilligoss, Brian ^a   Vogus, Timothy J ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

care transitions; coordination; high reliability; operational failures; quality

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE; PHYSICIAN; PROCESS MODEL; RESPONSIBILITY; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; CLINICAL HANDOVER; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL EMERGENCY SERVICE; INTERVIEW; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; STANDARDS; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; AWARENESS; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; PATIENT ADMISSION; PATIENT HANDOFF;

EID: 84921047558     PISSN: 10775587     EISSN: 15526801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077558714563170     Document Type: Article

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