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  • Fixing Fumbled Handoffs

    I recently participated in a meeting whose aim was to develop safety measures for hospital units (ie, med-surg, ED, L&D). As various measures were being ticked off, I muttered that we should also try to capture errors that occur as patients move between units. One of my colleagues, quite sensibly, asked, “but who will be accountable for that?” ...
    Posted to Wachter's World (Weblog) by Bob Wachter on December 25, 2007
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