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Effective communication with primary care providers.

Smith K. Pediatr Clin North Am. 2014;61:671-679.

Highlighting how the disconnect between hospital medicine programs and primary care practices introduces challenges to ensuring continuity of care and information transfer, this commentary relates strategies forstrengthening communication and partnership between hospitalists and primary care providers to augment these handoffs.

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