Concept information
Health Care Facilities, Manpower, and Services
Health Services
Patient Care
Continuity of Patient Care
...
Patient Care Management
Comprehensive Health Care
Primary Health Care
Continuity of Patient Care
Preferred term
Patient Handoff
Type
-
mesh:Descriptor
Definition
- The transferring of patient care responsibility from one health-care professional to another. Patient transfer within nursing staff of one facility. Transfers within a facility between clinical locations (eg, ICU to the step-down unit) and disciplines (eg, cardiology to cardiac surgery) in addition to within a discipline (eg, cross-coverage by residents, nurses, or attending physicians).
Broader concept
Entry terms
- Patient Hand Off
- Patient Hand Offs
- Patient Hand Over
- Patient Handover
- Patient Hand Overs
- Patient Sign Out
- Patient Signout
- Patient Sign Outs
- Patient Signover
Allowable Qualifier(s)
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URI
http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-NDRSTR57-R
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