Fumbled Handoffs Can Lead To Medical Errors

Friday, August 7, 2009 - 12:21 in Health & Medicine

A new study has found that hospital discharge summaries are grossly inadequate at documenting both tests with pending results and information about which doctors should receive the post-discharge test results.

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