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Doctors Could Learn Something about Medical Handoffs from the Navy

By On Apr 18, 2011
Los Angeles Times, April 18, 2011

Medical handoffs—a change of care from one doctor to another—create a high potential for miscommunication and error which can be harmful, even deadly. For techniques to improve these handoffs and keep patients safer, physicians may have to look outside of the healthcare field.
Read the full Los Angeles Times story.