Implementing standardized, inter-unit communication in an international setting: handoff of patients from emergency medicine to internal medicine

Balhara, KS; Peterson, SM; Elabd, MM; Regan, L; Anton, X; Al-Natour, BA; Hsieh, YH; Scheulen, J; de Ramirez, SAS

Balhara, KS (reprint author), Univ Texas Hlth Sci Ctr San Antonio, Dept Emergency Med, MC 7736,7703 Floyd Curl Dr, San Antonio, TX 78229 USA.

INTERNAL AND EMERGENCY MEDICINE, 2018; 13 (3): 385

Abstract

Standardized handoffs may reduce communication errors, but research on handoff in community and international settings is lacking. Our study at a comm......

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