Rethinking the discharge summary: a focus on handoff communication.

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Published in Acad Med on March 01, 2014

Authors

Leslie A Lenert1, Farrant H Sakaguchi, Charlene R Weir

Author Affiliations

1: Dr. Lenert is professor, Departments of Biomedical Informatics and Internal Medicine, and associate chair for quality and innovation, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah. Dr. Sakaguchi is a postdoctoral fellow, Department of Biomedical Informatics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah. Dr. Weir is associate professor, Department of Biomedical Informatics, University of Utah School of Medicine, and associate director, Veterans Affairs Health System Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center and Salt Lake City Informatics, Decision Enhancement and Surveillance, Salt Lake City, Utah.

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