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Communicating in the "gray zone": perceptions about emergency physician-hospitalist handoffs and patient safety.
Apker J, Mallak LA, Gibson SC. Acad Emerg Med. 2007;14:884-894.

This qualitative study describes the factors contributing to poor handoffs between emergency room providers and hospitalists. Key findings included a variety of communication barriers and faulty expectations of the process itself.
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