The key to improving clinical handover practices
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Improving measurement in clinical handover.
BACKGROUND Poor clinical handover creates discontinuities in care leading to patient harm. However, the field of handover research continues to lack standardised definitions and reliable measurement tools to identify factors that would lead to harm reduction and improved safety strategies. OBJECTIVE This paper introduces a conceptual framework to underpin a research agenda around the importan...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Nursing Management
سال: 2017
ISSN: 0744-6314
DOI: 10.1097/01.numa.0000526067.55758.84