Effectiveness of interventions to improve patient handover in surgery: A systematic review

Surgery (United States)

Volumn 158, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 85-95

  Pucher, Philip H ^a   Johnston, Maximilian J ^a,b   Aggarwal, Rajesh ^c,d   Arora, Sonal ^a,b   Darzi, Ara ^a,b  

^a ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHECKLIST; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL HANDOVER; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DATA BASE; EARLY INTERVENTION; EMBASE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL SURGERY; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERVENTION STUDY; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICATION COMPLIANCE; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT HARM; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SENTINEL EVENT; STAFF TRAINING; SURGICAL PATIENT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THORAX SURGERY; VASCULAR SURGERY; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL ERROR; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; STANDARDS;

CHECKLIST; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; COMMUNICATION; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; HUMANS; MEDICAL ERRORS; PATIENT HANDOFF; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT TRANSFER;

EID: 84938694653     PISSN: 00396060     EISSN: 15327361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2015.02.017     Document Type: Article

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