Internal Medicine Residency Readings: MAO

Velásquez ST, Wang ES, White AA, Chadha J, Mader M, Leykum LK, Pugh J. Hospitalists as Triagists: Description of the Triagist Role across Academic Medical Centers. J Hosp Med. 2020 Feb 1;12(2):87-90. doi: 10.12788/jhm.3327. Epub 2019 Oct 23. PMID: 31634098.

Manual, A., Longer, A. M. N., & Seal, U. G. (2013). The “Patient Flow Standard” and the 4-Hour Recommendation. Joint Commission Perspectives.

Robertson-Steel I. Evolution of triage systems. Emerg Med J. 2006 Feb;23(2):154-5. Review. PubMed PMID: 16439754; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2564046.

Beach C, Cheung DS, Apker J, Horwitz LI, Howell EE, O'Leary KJ, Patterson ES, Schuur JD, Wears R, Williams M. Improving interunit transitions of care between emergency physicians and hospital medicine physicians: a conceptual approach. Acad Emerg Med. 2012 Oct;19(10):1188-95. doi: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2012.01448.x. Epub 2012 Oct 4. PubMed PMID: 23035952.

Hilligoss B, Cohen MD. The unappreciated challenges of between-unit handoffs: negotiating and coordinating across boundaries. Ann Emerg Med. 2013 Feb;61(2):155-60. doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2012.04.009. Epub 2012 May 5. PubMed PMID: 22560466.

Horwitz LI, Meredith T, Schuur JD, Shah NR, Kulkarni RG, Jenq GY. Dropping the baton: a qualitative analysis of failures during the transition from emergency department to inpatient care. Ann Emerg Med. 2009 Jun;53(6):701-10.e4. doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2008.05.007. Epub 2008 Jun 16. PubMed PMID: 18555560.

Kessler C, Kutka BM, Badillo C. Consultation in the emergency department: a qualitative analysis and review. J Emerg Med. 2012 Jun;42(6):704-11. doi: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2011.01.025. Epub 2011 May 26. Review. PubMed PMID: 21620608.

Pollack CV Jr, Amin A, Talan DA. Emergency medicine and hospital medicine: a call for collaboration. Am J Med. 2012 Aug;125(8):826.e1-6. doi: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2011.12.005. Epub 2012 Jul 6. PubMed PMID: 22771017.

Smith CJ, Britigan DH, Lyden E, Anderson N, Welniak TJ, Wadman MC. Interunit handoffs from emergency department to inpatient care: A cross-sectional survey of physicians at a university medical center. J Hosp Med. 2015 Nov;10(11):711-7. doi: 10.1002/jhm.2431. Epub 2015 Jul 22. Review. PubMed PMID: 26199192.

Patel SJ, Landrigan CP. Communication at Transitions of Care. Pediatr Clin North Am. 2019;66(4):751-773. doi:10.1016/j.pcl.2019.03.004

Balhara KS, Peterson SM, Elabd MM, et al. Implementing standardized, inter-unit communication in an international setting: handoff of patients from emergency medicine to internal medicine. Intern Emerg Med. 2018;13(3):385-395. doi:10.1007/s11739-017-1615-y

Desmedt M, Ulenaers D, Grosemans J, Hellings J, Bergs J. Clinical handover and handoff in healthcare: a systematic review of systematic reviews. Int J Qual Health Care. 2021;33(1):mzaa170. doi:10.1093/intqhc/mzaa170

Pino FA, Sam KJ, Wood SL, et al. Increasing Compliance with a New Interunit Handoff Process: A Quality Improvement Project. Pediatr Qual Saf. 2019;4(3):e180. Published 2019 Jun 13. doi:10.1097/pq9.0000000000000180