Consequences of inadequate sign-out for patient care.

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Published in Arch Intern Med on September 08, 2008

Authors

Leora I Horwitz1, Tannaz Moin, Harlan M Krumholz, Lillian Wang, Elizabeth H Bradley

Author Affiliations

1: Center for Outcomes Research and Evaluation, Yale-New Haven Hospital, 789 Howard Ave, New Haven, Connecticut 06519, USA. horwitz@yale.edu

Associated clinical trials:

Anesthesia-handover Checklist and Perioperative Outcomes in Elderly | NCT04377633

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