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Development and implementation of a standardised emergency department intershift handover tool to improve physician communication

BACKGROUND: Structured handover can reduce communication breakdowns and potential medical errors. In our emergency department (ED) we identified a safety risk due to variation in quality and content of overnight handovers between physicians. AIM: Our goal was to develop and implement a standardised...

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Autores principales: Kwok, Edmund S H, Clapham, Glenda, White, Shannon, Austin, Michael, Calder, Lisa A
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7011887/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32019750
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjoq-2019-000780