Sentences with phrase «patient handovers»
In 2014 the Australian Health Ministers» Advisory Council (AHMAC) «Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Performance Framework» provided compelling evidence of breakdowns in referral pathways, coordinated care arrangements, and patient handovers between the public hospital sector and the ACCHO Sector.
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«Patient handovers occur for a variety of reasons, including illness or fatigue, to comply with working hour policies, or simply to balance an individual's work hours and personal commitments,» says Dr. Philip Jones, Lawson scientist, and associate professor, Department of Anesthesia & Perioperative Medicine and Epidemiology & Biostatistics at Western University's Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry.
Not exact matches
During patient allocations in nursing handovers, I always sought out the breastfeeding babies to care for.
«Amongst anesthesia doctors, there has always been an assumption that handovers were «care neutral,» in that they would not harm patients as long as sufficient information was communicated between anesthesiologists,» continues Dr. Jones.
The researchers compared patient outcomes in surgeries which did not experience a handover of anesthesia care with those where the primary anesthesiologist transferred care to a colleague and did not return to the operating room.