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Therapeutics > Patient Care > Continuity of Patient Care > Patient Handoff
Health Care Facilities, Manpower, and Services > Health Services > Patient Care > Continuity of Patient Care > Patient Handoff
... > Health Occupations > Health Services Administration > Patient Care Management > Comprehensive Health Care > Primary Health Care > Continuity of Patient Care > Patient Handoff
Therapeutics > Patient Care > Hospitalization > Patient Handoff
Health Care Facilities, Manpower, and Services > Health Services > Patient Care > Hospitalization > Patient Handoff
Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation > Quality of Health Care > Quality Indicators, Health Care > Standard of Care > Patient Handoff
... > Health Occupations > Health Services Administration > Quality of Health Care > Quality Indicators, Health Care > Standard of Care > Patient Handoff

Preferred term

Patient Handoff  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Hand Off, Patient
  • Hand Offs, Patient
  • Hand Over, Patient
  • Handover, Patient
  • Hand Overs, Patient
  • Handovers, Patient
  • Patient Hand Off
  • Patient Hand Offs
  • Patient Hand Over
  • Patient Handover
  • Patient Hand Overs
  • Patient Handovers
  • Patient Sign Out
  • Patient Signout
  • Patient Sign Outs
  • Patient Signouts
  • Patient Signover
  • Patient Signovers
  • Sign Out, Patient
  • Signout, Patient
  • Sign Outs, Patient
  • Signouts, Patient
  • Signover, Patient
  • Signovers, Patient

Scope note

  • The transferring of patient care responsibility from one health-care professional to another.

History note

  • 2013

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URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D062209

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