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

L. I. Horwitz; T. Moin; H. M. Krumholz; L. Wang; E. H. Bradley

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

August 19, 2009

Horwitz LI, Moin T, Krumholz HM, et al. Qual Saf Health Care. 2009;18(4):248-55.

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Signouts among internal medicine housestaff generally did not follow recommended practices, as they were not standardized and were rarely interactive.

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