The objective of this scoping review is to explore strategies being used to communicate patient information between emergency and primary care settings. This information will be used as a first step to develop an intervention to improve information exchange and communication between emergency and primary care providers.Specifically the review questions are:i) What tools and strategies are being used to support the communication and exchange of patient information between emergency and primary care settings?ii) What models/frameworks are being used to guide the development of these strategies and tools?iii) What are the identified barriers to exchanging patient information between emergency and primary care settings?iv) What are the outcomes measures reported in these studies?