Physician-physician communication: what's the hang-up?

Editorial

Andrew S Dunn et al. J Gen Intern Med. 2009 Mar.

. 2009 Mar;24(3):437-9.

doi: 10.1007/s11606-009-0913-0.

No abstract available

Comment on

Hospital readmissions: physician awareness and communication practices.
Roy CL, Kachalia A, Woolf S, Burdick E, Karson A, Gandhi TK. Roy CL, et al. J Gen Intern Med. 2009 Mar;24(3):374-80. doi: 10.1007/s11606-008-0848-x. Epub 2008 Nov 4. J Gen Intern Med. 2009. PMID: 18982395 Free PMC article.
Association of communication between hospital-based physicians and primary care providers with patient outcomes.
Bell CM, Schnipper JL, Auerbach AD, Kaboli PJ, Wetterneck TB, Gonzales DV, Arora VM, Zhang JX, Meltzer DO. Bell CM, et al. J Gen Intern Med. 2009 Mar;24(3):381-6. doi: 10.1007/s11606-008-0882-8. Epub 2008 Dec 20. J Gen Intern Med. 2009. PMID: 19101774 Free PMC article.

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