Technological aspects of hospital communication challenges: An observational study

International Journal for Quality in Health Care

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 183-188

  Popovici, Ilinca ^a,b   Morita, Plinio P ^b   Doran, Diane ^c   Lapinsky, Stephen ^b   Morra, Dante ^d   Shier, Ashleigh ^a,b   Wu, Robert ^b   Cafazzo, Joseph A ^b,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d CREDIT VALLEY HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Communication; Emergency medicine; Information systems; Internal medicine; Observation; Patient handoff

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMERGENCY WARD; GENERAL PRACTICE; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WARD; WORKFLOW; AWARENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; INFORMATION SYSTEM; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL STAFF; MULTICENTER STUDY; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; TASK PERFORMANCE;

AWARENESS; COMMUNICATION; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATION; HUMANS; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT TRANSFER; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; TIME AND MOTION STUDIES; WORKFLOW;

EID: 84930854923     PISSN: 13534505     EISSN: 14643677     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/intqhc/mzv016     Document Type: Article

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