Can technology improve intershift report? What the research reveals.

Bernadette Strople; Patricia Ottani

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Can technology improve intershift report? What the research reveals.

June 28, 2006

Strople B, Ottani P. Journal of Professional Nursing. 2006;22(3).

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The authors review the literature on shift reports and communication of patient information and discuss how to enhance this process through automation.

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