Breaking the tradition barrier: managing integration in health care facilities.
A critically ill patient needs immediate resuscitation. The physician looks for the right chest tube in the specialty unit's supplies--it is out of stock. The patient dies before a tube can be located elsewhere in the hospital. Under a different organizational structure, this death could have been prevented.
D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D003142:Communication; D003220:Conflict, Psychological; D006757:Hospital Units / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D007318:Inservice Training; D009738:Nursing Service, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration*; D010348:Patient Care Team