Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 55, Issue 2 , Pages 161-170 , February 2010

Exploring Emergency Physician–Hospitalist Handoff Interactions: Development of the Handoff Communication Assessment

  • Julie Apker, PhD

      Affiliations

    • School of Communication, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for correspondence: Julie Apker, PhD, School of Communication, Western Michigan University, 1903 W Michigan Ave, Kalamazoo, MI 49008-5318; 269-387-3140, fax 269-387-3990
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  • Larry A. Mallak, PhD

      Affiliations

    • College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI
    • ,
  • E. Brooks Applegate III, PhD

      Affiliations

    • College of Education, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI
    • ,
  • Scott C. Gibson, MD

      Affiliations

    • Bronson Methodist Hospital, Kalamazoo, MI
    • ,
  • Jason J. Ham, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, MI
    • ,
  • Neil A. Johnson, RN, MBA

      Affiliations

    • Bronson Methodist Hospital, Kalamazoo, MI
    • ,
  • Richard L. Street Jr, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX

Received 10 October 2008 ,Revised 29 July 2009 ,Accepted 18 September 2009.

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 Author contributions: JA, LAM, and EBA conceived and designed the study, as well as obtained research funding. LAM, SCG, JJH, and RLS provided input on iterations of assessment instrument. NAJ supervised on-site data collection. RLS provided statistical advice. JA and LAM managed the data, analyzed the data, and generated findings. JA drafted the original article and all subsequent iterations. All authors contributed to revisions, with LAM and RLS making substantive contributions to the finalized document. JA takes responsibility for the paper as a whole.

 Funding and support: By Annals policy, all authors are required to disclose any and all commercial, financial, and other relationships in any way related to the subject of this article that might create any potential conflict of interest. See the Manuscript Submission Agreement in this issue for examples of specific conflicts covered by this statement. This research study was supported by the Bronson Research Foundation under grant BRF-2007-0021.

 Publication date: Available online November 27, 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2009.09.021

Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 55, Issue 2 , Pages 161-170 , February 2010

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