Doctors could learn something about medical handoffs from the Navy.

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Doctors could learn something about medical handoffs from the Navy.

May 4, 2011

Parikh R. Los Angeles Times. April 18, 2011.

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This newspaper article describes how structured communication techniques borrowed from other fields could improve handoffs in health care.

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