Annals of emergency medicine
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Patient handoffs at shift change in the emergency department (ED) are a well-known risk point for patient safety. Numerous methods have been implemented and studied to improve the quality of handoffs to mitigate this risk. However, few have investigated processes designed to decrease the number of handoffs. Our objective is to evaluate a novel attending physician staffing model in an academic pediatric ED that was designed to decrease patient handoffs. ⋯ This new emergency physician staffing model with overlapping shifts decreased the proportion of patient handoffs. This innovative system can be implemented and scaled to suit EDs that have more than single-physician coverage.
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Editorial Comment
Can the Probiotic Lactobacillus reuteri Be Used to Treat Infant Colic?
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Editorial Practice Guideline
Pediatric Mental Health Emergencies in the Emergency Department.