Exploring emergency physician–hospitalist handoff interactions: development of the Handoff Communication Assessment.
Apker J, Mallak LA, Applegate B, et al. Exploring emergency physician-hospitalist handoff interactions: development of the Handoff Communication Assessment. Ann Emerg Med. 2010;55(2):161-70. doi:10.1016/j.annemergmed.2009.09.021.
This study reports on the development of a tool to assess the content and structure of handoff communications between emergency physicians and hospitalists. The authors found that the handoff communication was mostly "one-way," consisting primarily of information exchange without interactive questions and answers.