Impact of resident workload and handoff training on patient outcomes.

Stephanie K. Mueller; Stephanie Call; Furman S. McDonald; Andrew J. Halvorsen; Jeffrey L. Schnipper; LeRoi S. Hicks

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Impact of resident workload and handoff training on patient outcomes.

April 4, 2012

Mueller SK, Call S, McDonald FS, et al. Am J Med. 2012;125(1):104-10.

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Hospitals whose residency programs provided formal training in handoffs had slightly lower pneumonia mortality rates; however, there were no other associations found between handoff training, resident workload, and other patient care outcomes.

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