Managing competing organizational priorities in clinical handover across organizational boundaries

Journal of Health Services Research & Policy

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 17-25

  Sujan, Mark A ^a   Chessum, Peter ^b   Rudd, Michelle ^c   Fitton, Laurence ^d   Inada Kim, Matthew ^e   Cooke, Matthew W ^a   Spurgeon, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS BIRMINGHAM NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNITED LINCOLNSHIRE HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d OXFORD UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^e BASINGSTOKE AND NORTH HAMPSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

emergency medical services; handover; patient safety

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL TRIAL; COOPERATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL EMERGENCY SERVICE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MULTICENTER STUDY; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; TIME FACTOR; TIME TO TREATMENT; UNITED KINGDOM;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMMUNICATION; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; PATIENT TRANSFER; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; STATE MEDICINE; TIME FACTORS; TIME-TO-TREATMENT; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84993661229     PISSN: 13558196     EISSN: 17581060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1355819614560449     Document Type: Article

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