Blending evidence and innovation: improving intershift handoffs in a multihospital setting.

Lily Thomas; Patricia Donohue-Porter

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Blending evidence and innovation: improving intershift handoffs in a multihospital setting.

March 2, 2012

Thomas L, Donohue-Porter P. J Nurs Care Qual. 2012;27(2):116-24.

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This commentary describes how one health care system redesigned the process for intershift handoff between nurses.

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