Association of communication between hospital-based physicians and primary care providers with patient outcomes.
Bell CM, Schnipper JL, Auerbach AD, et al. Association of communication between hospital-based physicians and primary care providers with patient outcomes. J Gen Intern Med. 2009;24(3):381-6. doi:10.1007/s11606-008-0882-8.
This study demonstrates opportunities for improving communication between inpatient provider teams and primary care providers but does not find a relationship between these communications and patient outcomes.