Exploring Emergency Physician–Hospitalist Handoff Interactions: Development of the Handoff Communication Assessment
Annals of Emergency MedicinePublished 28 November 2009
Julie Apker, Larry A. Mallak, Brooks Applegate, Scott Gibson, Jason Ham, Neil A. Johnson
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It is found that emergency physician-to-hospitalist handoffs primarily consist of information giving and are not geared toward question-and-answer events, which may benefit from ongoing analysis and reformulation.
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We were able to develop and use the Handoff Communication Assessment to analyze content and structure of handoff communication between emergency physicians and hospitalists at a single center. In this preliminary application of the tool, we found that emergency physician-to-hospitalist handoffs primarily consist of information giving and are not geared toward question-and-answer events. This critical exchange may benefit from ongoing analysis and reformulation.
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