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STUDY

Patient whiteboards as a communication tool in the hospital setting: A survey of practices and recommendations.

Sehgal NL, Green A, Vidyarthi AR, Blegen MA, Wachter RM. J Hosp Med. 2010;5:234-239.

STUDY

Hospital readmissions: physician awareness and communication practices.

Roy CL, Kachalia A, Woolf S, et al. J Gen Intern Med. 2009;24:374-380.

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Patterns of nurse–physician communication and agreement on the plan of care.

O'Leary KJ, Thompson JA, Landler MP, et al. Qual Saf Health Care. 2010;19:195-199.

STUDY

Improving teamwork on general medical units: when teams do not work face-to-face.

McComb SA, Henneman EA, Hinchey KT, et al. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2012;38:471-478.

COMMENTARY

Ten years after the IOM report: engaging residents in quality and patient safety by creating a house staff quality council.

Fleischut PM, Evans AS, Nugent WC, et al. Am J Med Qual. 2011;26:89-94.

STUDY

What are covering doctors told about their patients? Analysis of sign-out among internal medicine house staff.

Horwitz LI, Moin T, Krumholz HM, Wang L, Bradley EH. Qual Saf Health Care. 2009;18:248-255.

COMMENTARY

Handovers from the OR to the ICU.

Bonifacio AS, Segall N, Barbeito A, Taekman J, Schroeder R, Mark JB. Int Anesthesiol Clin. 2013;51:43-61.

COMMENTARY

Medication reconciliation in a community, nonteaching hospital.

Wortman SB. Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2008;65:2047-2054.

REVIEW

Hospital do-not-resuscitate orders: why they have failed and how to fix them.

Yuen JK, Reid MC, Fetters MD. J Gen Intern Med. 2011;26:791-797.

REVIEW

A systematic review of failures in handoff communication during intrahospital transfers.

Ong MS, Coiera E. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2011;37:274-284.

STUDY

Results of the Medications At Transitions and Clinical Handoffs (MATCH) study: an analysis of medication reconciliation errors and risk factors at hospital admission.

Gleason KM, McDaniel MR, Feinglass J, et al. J Gen Intern Med. 2010;25:441-447.

STUDY

The effects of a 'discharge time-out' on the quality of hospital discharge summaries.

Mohta N, Vaishnava P, Liang C, et al. BMJ Qual Saf. 2012;21:885-890.

STUDY

Safety of using a computerized rounding and sign-out system to reduce resident duty hours.

Van Eaton EG, McDonough K, Lober WB, Johnson EA, Pellegrini CA, Horvath KD. Acad Med. 2010;85:1189-1195.

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Understanding communication during hospitalist service changes: a mixed methods study.

Hinami K, Farnan JM, Meltzer DO, Arora VM. J Hosp Med. 2009;4:535-540.

STUDY

Assessing and improving safety culture throughout an academic medical centre: a prospective cohort study.

Paine LA, Rosenstein BJ, Sexton JB, Kent P, Holzmueller CG, Pronovost PJ. Qual Saf Health Care. 2010;19:547-554.

COMMENTARY

Academic year-end transfers of outpatients from outgoing to incoming residents: an unaddressed patient safety issue.

Young JQ, Wachter RM. JAMA. 2009;302:1327-1329.

STUDY

Medication details documented on hospital discharge: cross-sectional observational study of factors associated with medication non-reconciliation.

Grimes TC, Duggan CA, Delaney TP, et al. Br J Clin Pharmacol. 2011;71:449-457.

STUDY

The computerized rounding report: implementation of a model system to support transitions of care.

Wohlauer MV, Rove KO, Pshak TJ, et al. J Surg Res. 2012;172:11-17.

STUDY

The Veterans Affairs shift change physician-to-physician handoff project.

Anderson J, Shroff D, Curtis A, et al. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2010;36:62-71.

STUDY

Hospital discharge documentation and risk of rehospitalisation.

Hansen LO, Strater A, Smith L, et al. BMJ Qual Saf. 2011;20:773-778.

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