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Implementing electronic patient handover in a district general hospital.

Authors :
Brebner, Judith
Sandhu, Kanwaljit
Addison, Clara
Kapadia, Suneil
Source :
Clinical Risk. May2011, Vol. 17 Issue 3, p92-96. 5p. 4 Charts.
Publication Year :
2011

Abstract

This paper discusses how we have improved patient handover by implementing an electronic system for weekend handover. We discuss the process of changing handover methods and the results of an audit comparing our old paper based book versus our new 'e-handover' system. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Subjects

Subjects :
*AUDITING
*CLINICAL medicine
*DECISION making
*HEALTH facility administration
*MEDICAL databases
*INFORMATION storage & retrieval systems
*MANAGEMENT
*PERSONNEL management
*INTRANETS (Computer networks)

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
13562622
Volume :
17
Issue :
3
Database :
Academic Search Index
Journal :
Clinical Risk
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
71114797
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1258/cr.2010.010078
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