Improving follow-up of high-risk psychiatry outpatients at resident year-end transfer.
Young JQ, Pringle Z, Wachter R. Improving follow-up of high-risk psychiatry outpatients at resident year-end transfer. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2011;37(7):300-308.
This study required outgoing residents to explicitly identify their high-risk patients as part of a year-end handoff in care, and demonstrated significant improvements in early patient follow-up and resident perceptions of improved quality of care.