A FRAMEWORK FOR THE DISCHARGE OF PATIENTS FROM THE ADULT EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT

The emergency room is a challenging place to practice medicine. Overcrowding, episodic care, and an interrupt driven environment are all factors contributing to medical errors in the ED . We performed a comprehensive literature review to determine the nature of these errors at time of discharge from...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Chiu, Kou-Wei
Other Authors: Michael Matheny
Format: Others
Language:en
Published: VANDERBILT 2009
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Online Access:http://etd.library.vanderbilt.edu/available/etd-11062009-154956/