Effect of a systems intervention on the quality and safety of patient handoffs in an internal medicine residency program.

Kelly L. Graham; Edward R. Marcantonio; Grace C. Huang; Julius Yang; Roger B. Davis; Christopher Smith

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Effect of a systems intervention on the quality and safety of patient handoffs in an internal medicine residency program.

May 15, 2013

Graham KL, Marcantonio ER, Huang GC, et al. J Gen Intern Med. 2013;28(8):986-93.

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Systems changes to facilitate verbal communication combined with a tool to improve written signouts resulted in higher quality handoffs in an internal medicine residency program.

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