An institution-wide handoff task force to standardise and improve physician handoffs

Leora I Horwitz; Kevin M Schuster; Stephen F Thung; David C Hersh; Rosemarie L Fisher; Nidhi Shah; William Cushing; Judy Nunes; David G Silverman; Grace Y Jenq

doi:10.1136/bmjqs-2011-000658

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Quality improvement report

An institution-wide handoff task force to standardise and improve physician handoffs

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Leora I Horwitz 1Department of Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA2Center for Outcomes Research and Evaluation, Yale New Haven Hospital, New Haven, Connecticut, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Kevin M Schuster 3Department of Surgery, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Stephen F Thung 4Department of Obstetrics/Gynecology, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
David C Hersh 5Department of Pediatrics, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Rosemarie L Fisher 1Department of Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Nidhi Shah 6Hospitalist Service, Yale New Haven Hospital, New Haven, Connecticut, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
William Cushing 6Hospitalist Service, Yale New Haven Hospital, New Haven, Connecticut, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Judy Nunes 3Department of Surgery, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
David G Silverman 7Department of Anesthesiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Grace Y Jenq 1Department of Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles

Correspondence to Dr Leora Idit Horwitz, Section of General Internal Medicine, PO Box 208093, New Haven, CT 06520-8093, USA; leora.horwitz{at}yale.edu

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Horwitz LI, Schuster KM, Thung SF, et al

An institution-wide handoff task force to standardise and improve physician handoffs

BMJ Quality & Safety 2012;21:863-871.

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Accepted April 13, 2012
First published May 23, 2012.

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May 13, 2016

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