Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 55, Issue 2 , Pages 181-183, February 2010

Communication, Communication, Communication: The Art of the Handoff

  • Scott C. Gibson, MD

      Affiliations

    • Bronson Methodist Hospital, Kalamazoo, MI
    • Michigan State University College of Human Medicine, East Lansing, MI
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for reprints: Scott C. Gibson, MD, Bronson Methodist Hospital, 601 John Street, Box 68, Kalamazoo, MI 49007; 269-341-6266, Fax 269-341-8244
    • ,
  • Jason J. Ham, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, MI
    • ,
  • Julie Apker, PhD

      Affiliations

    • School of Communication, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI
    • ,
  • Larry A. Mallak, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI
    • ,
  • Neil A. Johnson, RN, MBA

      Affiliations

    • Bronson Methodist Hospital, Kalamazoo, MI

published online 07 December 2009.

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 Supervising editor: Robert L. Wears, MD, MS

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 Publication date: Available online December 6, 2009.

 Earn CME Credit: Continuing Medical Education is available for this article at: www.ACEP-EMedhome.com.

PII: S0196-0644(09)01649-7

doi:10.1016/j.annemergmed.2009.10.009

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Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 55, Issue 2 , Pages 181-183, February 2010