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Clinical handover: the transfer of professional responsibility and accountability for some or all aspects of care for a patient, or group of patients, to another person or professional group on a temporary or permanent basis.
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Clinical Information: Details of information that pertains to the patient and their medical condition or situation.
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Communication: A two-way process imparting or exchanging thoughts, opinions, or information by speech, writing, or signs between people or groups of people.
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Continuity of care: A term describing a system of ongoing continuous medical care by one or more healthcare professionals.
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Diagnosis: The act or process of identifying or determining the nature and cause of a disease or injury through evaluation of patient history, examination, and review of laboratory data, or the opinion derived from such an evaluation.