The role of dynamic trade-offs in creating safety—a qualitative study of handover across care boundaries in emergency care.

Sujan M, Spurgeon P, Cooke P. Reliab Eng Syst Saf. 2015;141:54-62.

According to this human factors study, handoff practices in emergency medicine vary depending on physicians' competing demands. The authors suggest that these dynamic trade-offs in which handoff practices are adjusted for specific situations actually enhance safety, in contrast to recent work promoting standardized handoff communication.