An evaluation of information transfer through the continuum of surgical care: a feasibility study.
Nagpal K, Vats A, Ahmed K, et al. An evaluation of information transfer through the continuum of surgical care: a feasibility study. Ann Surg. 2010;252(2):402-7. doi:10.1097/SLA.0b013e3181e986df.
Communication failures are common in surgical care. This study used a novel assessment tool to evaluate information handoff during the preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative periods, and found significant problems in each phase.
Nagpal K, Vats A, Ahmed K, et al. An evaluation of information transfer through the continuum of surgical care: a feasibility study. Ann Surg. 2010;252(2):402-7. doi:10.1097/SLA.0b013e3181e986df.