Managing discontinuity in academic medic
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Arpana R. Vidyarthi; Vineet Arora; Jeffrey L. Schnipper; Susan D. Wall; Robert M
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Article
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2006
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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## Abstract ## BACKGROUND Restrictions in the hours residents can be on duty have resulted in increased signβouts, that is, transfer of patient care information and responsibility from one physician to a crossβcoverage physician, leading to discontinuity in patient care. This signβout process, whi