A transfer of care can result in a medical error. In this joint article between the Canadian Patient Safety Institute and the Physician-Patient Alliance for Health & Safety, Michael Wong, JD (Founder & Executive Director of the Physician-Patient Alliance for Health & Safety) and Stephen Routledge, MPH (Patient Safety Improvement Lead, Canadian Patient Safety Institute) discuss how medical errors during transfers of care can be prevented.

In particular, two key resources are referred to in the article.

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