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London Transfer Project: improving handover documentation from long-term care homes to hospital emergency departments

About one-quarter of all long-term care (LTC) residents are transferred to an emergency department (ED) every 6 months in Ontario, Canada. When residents are unable to describe their health issues, ED staff rely on LTC transfer reports to make informed decisions. However, transfer information gaps a...

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Autores principales: Carson, Joseph, Gottheil, Stephanie, Gob, Alan, Lawson, Sherri
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5699131/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29450265
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjoq-2017-000024