Friday 6 March 2015

Introduction of a new electronic medical weekend handover

"The weekend medical handover system among junior doctors at Tunbridge Wells Hospital in Pembury, UK was cumbersome, inadequate and poor, restricting the ability to provide good patient care. 78.6% of doctors felt that the introduction of an electronic weekend handover system would address the issues in order to improve communication between the medical teams and thus improve patient care." 

Introduction of a new electronic medical weekend handover at Tunbridge Wells Hospital
R Vithlani
BMJ Quality Improvement Reports 2015;4: doi:10.1136/bmjquality.u204755.w2342

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