Communication, Communication, Communication: The Art of the Handoff

published online 07 December 2009.

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Improving Handoffs in the Emergency Department , 05 October 2009
Dickson S. Cheung, John J. Kelly, Christopher Beach, Ross P. Berkeley, Robert A. Bitterman, Robert I. Broida, William C. Dalsey, Heather L. Farley, Drew C. Fuller, David J. Garvey, Kevin M. Klauer, Lynne B. McCullough, Emily S. Patterson, Julius C. Pham, Michael P. Phelan, Jesse M. Pines, Stephen M. Schenkel, Anne Tomolo, Thomas W. Turbiak, John A. Vozenilek, Robert L. Wears, Marjorie L. White, American College of Emergency Physicians Section of Quality Improvement and Patient Safety
Annals of Emergency Medicine
February 2010 (Vol. 55, Issue 2, Pages 171-180)
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a Bronson Methodist Hospital, Kalamazoo, MI

b Michigan State University College of Human Medicine, East Lansing, MI

c Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, MI

d School of Communication, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI

e Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI

Address for reprints: Scott C. Gibson, MD, Bronson Methodist Hospital, 601 John Street, Box 68, Kalamazoo, MI 49007; 269-341-6266, Fax 269-341-8244

Supervising editor: Robert L. Wears, MD, MS

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. The authors have stated that no such relationships exist. See the Manuscript Submission Agreement in this issue for examples of specific conflicts covered by this statement.

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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