Abstract
Given the growing interest in understanding and improving handovers, a deeper understanding of exactly how to create the most effective handover is necessary. This unique symposium will emphasize the distinction between salience and comprehensiveness in handover communications across multiple acute care settings. The discussion panel brings together individuals with experience spanning human factors and system safety research, complex systems, information utilization, public policy, organizational and health communication, and clinical practice to provide a set of diverse but complementary viewpoints on what it will take to successfully, safely, and meaningfully design and implement communication structures for salient information exchange.
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