Medical Errors That Occur During Patient Hand-Offs

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Medical Errors That Occur During Patient Hand-Offs

Mishkind Kulwicki Law recently settled a case involving medical errors that occurred when a patient was transferred from one facility to another.  We often see mistakes made at this critical time.  In fact, physicians have a name for this common type of error: “hand-off error.”  Typically, the error occurs when key information about the patient is