Communication of vital signs at emergency department handoff: opportunities for improvement.

Arjun K. Venkatesh; David Curley; Yuchiao Chang; Shan W. Liu

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Communication of vital signs at emergency department handoff: opportunities for improvement.

April 22, 2015

Venkatesh AK, Curley D, Chang Y, et al. Ann Emerg Med. 2015;66(2):125-30.

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Incomplete handoffs and poor communication regarding key clinical information may lead to adverse events or missed or delayed diagnoses. Emergency medicine clinicians failed to communicate significant vital sign abnormalities in the majority of patients being handed off at the time of shift change.

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