Communication of vital signs at emergency department handoff: Opportunities for improvement

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 125-130

  Venkatesh, Arjun K ^a   Curley, David ^b   Chang, Yuchiao ^c   Liu, Shan W ^c  

^a ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON FOUNDATION   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHANGE OF SHIFT REPORT; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; CROWDING (AREA); EMERGENCY WARD; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; HYPOXIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL ERROR; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; VITAL SIGN; ANOXIA; CLINICAL HANDOVER; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

ANOXIA; COMMUNICATION; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; HYPOTENSION; MEDICAL ERRORS; PATIENT HANDOFF; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; VITAL SIGNS;

EID: 84937726193     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: 10976760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2015.02.025     Document Type: Conference Paper

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