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Evaluation of a Novel Handoff Communication Strategy for Patients Admitted from the Emergency Department

INTRODUCTION: Miscommunication during inter-unit handoffs between emergency and internal medicine physicians may jeopardize patient safety. Our goal was to evaluate the impact of a structured communication strategy on the quality of admission handoffs. METHODS: We conducted a mixed-methods, pre-test...

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Autores principales: Smith, Christopher J., Buzalko, Russell J., Anderson, Nathan, Michalski, Joel, Warchol, Jordan, Ducey, Stephen, Branecki, Chad E.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Department of Emergency Medicine, University of California, Irvine School of Medicine 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5851513/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29560068
http://dx.doi.org/10.5811/westjem.2017.9.35121