Interprofessional communication of clinicians using a mobile phone app: A randomized crossover trial using simulated patients

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2016, Pages

  Patel, Bhavesh ^a   Johnston, Maximilian ^a   Cookson, Natalie ^b   King, Dominic ^a,c   Arora, Sonal ^a   Darzi, Ara ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c DEEPMIND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Applications; Apps; Communication; Escalation of care; Mobile phone; Pager; Simulation

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL HANDOVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF; MOBILE APPLICATION; MOBILE PHONE; NURSING STAFF; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT SIMULATION; PUBLIC RELATIONS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

CELL PHONES; COMMUNICATION; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; MOBILE APPLICATIONS; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PATIENT HANDOFF; PATIENT SIMULATION; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION;

EID: 84973392577     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14388871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/jmir.4854     Document Type: Article

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