A Scoping Review of Patient Discharge From Intensive Care: Opportunities and Tools to Improve Care

Chest

Volumn 147, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 317-327

  Stelfox, Henry T ^a,b   Lane, Dan ^a   Boyd, Jamie M ^b   Taylor, Simon ^b   Perrier, Laure ^b,c,d   Straus, Sharon ^b,c,d   Zygun, David ^e,f   Zuege, Danny J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^f ALBERTA HEALTH SERVICES   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EXPERIENCE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HUMAN NEEDS; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; STANDARDS;

COMMUNICATION; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84928079763     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: 19313543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.13-2965     Document Type: Article

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