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An evaluation of information transfer through the continuum of surgical care: a feasibility study.
Nagpal K, Vats A, Ahmed K, Vincent C, Moorthy K. Ann Surg. 2010;252:402-407.

Communication failures are common in surgical care. This study used a novel assessment tool to evaluate information handoff during the preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative periods, and found significant problems in each phase.
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