A handoff is not a telegram: an understanding of the patient is co-constructed.

Michael D. Cohen; Brian Hilligoss; Andre Carlos Kajdacsy-Balla Amaral

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A handoff is not a telegram: an understanding of the patient is co-constructed.

March 7, 2012

Cohen MD, Hilligoss B, Amaral ACK-B. Crit Care. 2012;16(1):303.

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This commentary discusses the importance of handoff communication in ensuring safe transfers and recommends that mental models be developed within the care team to improve handoff safety.

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