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STUDY

Improving communication in the emergency department.

Redfern E, Brown R, Vincent CA. Emerg Med J. 2009;26:658-661.

STUDY

Dropping the baton during the handoff from emergency department to primary care: pediatric asthma continuity errors.

Hsiao AL, Shiffman RN. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2009;35:467-474.

REVIEW

Clinical handover of patients arriving by ambulance to the emergency department: a literature review.

Bost N, Crilly J, Wallis M, Patterson E, Chaboyer W. Int Emerg Nurs. 2010;18:210-220.

STUDY

Beam me up Scotty! Impact of personal wireless communication devices in the emergency department.

Richards JD, Harris T. Emerg Med J. 2011;28:29-32.

STUDY

Impact of senior clinical review on patient disposition from the emergency department.

White AL, Armstrong PAR, Thakore S. Emerg Med J. 2010;27:262-265.

STUDY

Older patients' understanding of emergency department discharge information and its relationship with adverse outcomes.

Hastings SN, Barrett A, Weinberger M, et al. J Patient Saf. 2011;7:19-25.

STUDY

"Sign right here and you're good to go": a content analysis of audiotaped emergency department discharge instructions.

Vashi A, Rhodes KV. Ann Emerg Med. 2011;57:315-322.e1.

STUDY

Clinical handover in the trauma setting: a qualitative study of paramedics and trauma team members.

Evans SM, Murray A, Patrick I, Fitzgerald M, Smith S, Cameron P. Qual Saf Health Care. 2010;19:e57.

STUDY

Formal medicine reconciliation within the emergency department reduces the medication error rates for emergency admissions.

Mills PR, McGuffie AC. Emerg Med J. 2010;27:911-915.

STUDY

'The ABC of Handover': impact on shift handover in the emergency department.

Farhan M, Brown R, Vincent C, Woloshynowych M. Emerg Med J. 2012;29:947-953.

STUDY

Information loss in emergency medical services handover of trauma patients.

Carter AJE, Davis KA, Evans LV, Cone DC. Prehosp Emerg Care. 2009;13:280-285.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

A hospital races to learn lessons of Ferrari pit stop.

Naik G. Wall Street Journal. November 14, 2006:A1. [reprinted on Post-gazette.com].

STUDY

Exploring emergency physician–hospitalist handoff interactions: development of the Handoff Communication Assessment.

Apker J, Mallak LA, Applegate EB 3rd, et al. Ann Emerg Med. 2010;55:161-170.

STUDY

Teamwork errors in trauma resuscitation.

Sarcevic A, Marsic I, Burd RS. ACM Trans Comput Hum Interact. 2012;19:13:1-13:30.

STUDY

Assessing clinical handover between paramedics and the trauma team.

Evans SM, Murray A, Patrick I, Fitzgerald M, Smith S, Andrianopoulos N, Cameron P. Injury. 2010;36:100-106.

STUDY

Unplanned transfers to a medical intensive care unit: causes and relationship to preventable errors in care.

Bapoje SR, Gaudiani JL, Narayanan V, Albert RK. J Hosp Med. 2011;6:68-72.

STUDY

Standardised proformas improve patient handover: audit of trauma handover practice.

Ferran NA, Metcalfe AJ, O'Doherty D. Patient Saf Surg. 2008;2:24.

BOOK/REPORT

Pediatric Patient Safety in the Emergency Department.

Krug SE, ed. Oak Brook, IL: Joint Commission Resources and the American Academy of Pediatrics; 2010. ISBN: 9781599402123.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Managing patient access and flow in the emergency department to improve patient safety.

PA-PSRS Patient Saf Advis. 2010;7:123-134.

COMMENTARY

All in the History

Fee C. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. February/March 2009.

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