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. 2009 Nov 19;25(2):129–134. doi: 10.1007/s11606-009-1170-y

Table 2.

Standardized Hand-off Answer Key

Identifying information	Clinical scenario	Medication	If…,then…	To do:
Patient name^a	One-line summary of clinical scenario^a	Lisinopril 5 mg po daily, insulin glargine 20 units SQ qHS, Novolog 8 units TID c meals, Albuterol/atrovent nebs q4h, sliding scale insulin	1. Anticipation of need for escalation of care^b	[] Follow-up on CXR^b
Patient MRN^a	1. Active medical issues (i.e., COPD exacerbation, fever)			[] Follow-up on BMP/K+^b
Rm ^b^a	2. Chronic stable medical issues( i.e., HTN, DM2)			[] Follow-up on BMP/K+^b
Allergies^a	2. Chronic stable medical issues( i.e., HTN, DM2)	Moxifloxacin 400 mg po q24h, Prednisone 60 mg po daily SHOULD INCLUDE: NAME [GENERIC] DOSE ROUTE COMPLIANT ABBREVIATIONS	2. Anticipation of hyperglycemia given diabetic and on steroids^a	[] Family meeting to discuss goals of care^b
Code status^ab	3. Prophylaxis
PCP^a	4. Code status

^aInformation derived from mock chart

^bInformation obtained from video