Year-End Clinic Handoffs: A National Survey of Academic Internal Medicine Programs
Journal of General Internal MedicinePublished 14 February 2017Open access
Erica Phillips, Christina Harris, Wei Wei Lee, Amber T. Pincavage, Karin Ouchida, Rachel Miller
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Most internal medicine programs do not have a year-end clinic handoff system in place, and greater attention to clinic handoffs and resident assessment of this care transition is needed.
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Most internal medicine programs do not have a year-end clinic handoff system in place. Greater attention to clinic handoffs and resident assessment of this care transition is needed.
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