Association of communication between hospital-based physicians and primary care providers with patient outcomes.

Chaim M. Bell; Jeffrey L. Schnipper; Andrew D. Auerbach; Peter J. Kaboli; Tosha B. Wetterneck; David Gonzales; Vineet Arora; James X. Zhang; David O. Meltzer

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Association of communication between hospital-based physicians and primary care providers with patient outcomes.

February 17, 2009

Bell CM, Schnipper JL, Auerbach AD, et al. J Gen Intern Med. 2009;24(3):381-6.

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This study demonstrates opportunities for improving communication between inpatient provider teams and primary care providers but does not find a relationship between these communications and patient outcomes.

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