Perhaps some work should be put into the hand-off procedure. I've heard things like checklists suggested in the past. Perhaps having a checklist to go through

Perhaps some work should be put into the hand-off procedure. I've heard things like checklists suggested in the past. Perhaps having a checklist to go through when handing off the patient with, say, congestive heart failure to another physician. They could be developed for the most common conditions that residents and their attendings deal with.