383 Improving Emergency Department Handoffs: The PLAN Study
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Improving handoffs in the emergency department.
Patient handoffs at shift change are a ubiquitous and potentially hazardous process in emergency care. As crowding and lengthy evaluations become the standard for an increasing proportion of emergency departments (EDs), the number of patients handed off will likely increase. It is critical now more than ever before to ensure that handoffs supply valid and useful shared understandings between pr...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Annals of Emergency Medicine
سال: 2014
ISSN: 0196-0644
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2014.07.411