title: Are link-nurse systems an effective means for improving patient care?
abstract: Link nurses are part of a system that shares information and provides formal, two-way communication between specialist teams and nurses in the clinical area. Many different clinical areas might employ such nurses, including tissue viability and diabetes. Link-nurse systems have the potential to promote and enhance clinical effectiveness and disseminate research findings.
authors.affiliation: Coventry Primary Care Trust, West Midlands.
authors.forename: Louise
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: McKeeney
mesh_terms: D019985:Benchmarking / Q000458:organization & administration; D003142:Communication; D003266:Continuity of Patient Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D006801:Humans; D033181:Information Dissemination; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D009720:Nurse Clinicians / Q000458:organization & administration*; D024802:Nurse's Role; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D017749:Total Quality Management / Q000458:organization & administration*