Open AccessPatient care transitions from the emergency department to the medicine ward: evaluation of a standardized electronic signout tool
Author(s) -
Jed D. Gonzalo,
James Yang,
Heather L. Stuckey,
Christopher M. Fischer,
León D. Sánchez,
Shoshana J. Herzig
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
international journal for quality in health care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.769
H-Index - 94
eISSN - 1464-3677
pISSN - 1353-4505
DOI - 10.1093/intqhc/mzu040
Subject(s) - emergency department , medicine , intervention (counseling) , medical emergency , adverse effect , patient safety , emergency medicine , quality management , paging , family medicine , nursing , health care , operations management , management system , computer science , economics , economic growth , operating system
To evaluate the impact of a new electronic handoff tool for emergency department to medicine ward patient transfers over a 1-year period.
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