Improving Handoffs in the Emergency Department

Cheung, Dickson S.; Kelly, John J.; Beach, Christopher; Berkeley, Ross P.; Bitterman, Robert A.; Broida, Robert I.; Dalsey, William C.; Farley, Heather L.; Fuller, Drew C.; Garvey, David J.; Klauer, Kevin M.; McCullough, Lynne B.; Patterson, Emily S.; Pham, Julius C.; Phelan, Michael P.; Pines, Jesse M.; Schenkel, Stephen M.; Tomolo, Anne; Turbiak, Thomas W.; Vozenilek, John A.; Wears, Robert L.; White, Marjorie L.; American College of Emergency Physicians Section of Quality Improvement and Patient Safety,

doi:10.1016/j.annemergmed.2009.07.016

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Improving Handoffs in the Emergency Department

Dickson S. Cheung, MD, MBA, MPH
- Address for correspondence: Dickson S. Cheung, MD, MBA, MPH, Carepoint, P.C., 5600 South Quebec Street, Suite 312A, Greenwood Village, CO 80111; 303-956-7381, fax 303-649-9973
John J. Kelly, DO
Christopher Beach, MD
Ross P. Berkeley, MD
Robert A. Bitterman, MD, JD
Robert I. Broida, MD
William C. Dalsey, MD, MBA
Heather L. Farley, MD
Drew C. Fuller, MD, MPH
David J. Garvey, PhD, MD
Kevin M. Klauer, DO
Lynne B. McCullough, MD
Emily S. Patterson, PhD
Julius C. Pham, MD, PhD
Michael P. Phelan, MD, JD
Jesse M. Pines, MD, MBA, MSCE
Stephen M. Schenkel, MD, MPP
Anne Tomolo, MD, MPH
Thomas W. Turbiak, MD
John A. Vozenilek, MD
Robert L. Wears, MD, MS
Marjorie L. White, MD
- Author affiliations can be found in Appendix 1.
American College of Emergency Physicians Section of Quality Improvement and Patient Safety

Received 13 July 2009; accepted 15 July 2009. published online 05 October 2009.

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