The Handover from Intensive Care Unit to General Ward: Baseline Performance and Par-ticipatory Design of an Electronic Follow-Up Plan

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The Handover from Intensive Care Unit to General Ward: Baseline Performance and Par-ticipatory Design of an Electronic Follow-Up Plan. / Østergaard, Kija Lin; Simonsen, Jesper; Hertzum, Morten.

MEDINFO2019: Proceedings of the 17th World Congress on Medical and Health Informatics. Vol. Studies in Health Technology and Informatics Vol. 264 Amsterdam : IOS Press, 2019. p. 1303-1307 (Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, Vol. 264).

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Harvard

Østergaard, KL, Simonsen, J & Hertzum, M 2019, The Handover from Intensive Care Unit to General Ward: Baseline Performance and Par-ticipatory Design of an Electronic Follow-Up Plan. in MEDINFO2019: Proceedings of the 17th World Congress on Medical and Health Informatics. vol. Studies in Health Technology and Informatics Vol. 264, IOS Press, Amsterdam, Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, vol. 264, pp. 1303-1307. https://doi.org/10.3233/SHTI190437

APA

Østergaard, K. L., Simonsen, J., & Hertzum, M. (2019). The Handover from Intensive Care Unit to General Ward: Baseline Performance and Par-ticipatory Design of an Electronic Follow-Up Plan. In MEDINFO2019: Proceedings of the 17th World Congress on Medical and Health Informatics (Vol. Studies in Health Technology and Informatics Vol. 264, pp. 1303-1307). IOS Press. Studies in Health Technology and Informatics Vol. 264 https://doi.org/10.3233/SHTI190437

Vancouver

Østergaard KL, Simonsen J, Hertzum M. The Handover from Intensive Care Unit to General Ward: Baseline Performance and Par-ticipatory Design of an Electronic Follow-Up Plan. In MEDINFO2019: Proceedings of the 17th World Congress on Medical and Health Informatics. Vol. Studies in Health Technology and Informatics Vol. 264. Amsterdam: IOS Press. 2019. p. 1303-1307. (Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, Vol. 264). https://doi.org/10.3233/SHTI190437

Author

Østergaard, Kija Lin ; Simonsen, Jesper ; Hertzum, Morten. / The Handover from Intensive Care Unit to General Ward: Baseline Performance and Par-ticipatory Design of an Electronic Follow-Up Plan. MEDINFO2019: Proceedings of the 17th World Congress on Medical and Health Informatics. Vol. Studies in Health Technology and Informatics Vol. 264 Amsterdam : IOS Press, 2019. pp. 1303-1307 (Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, Vol. 264).

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