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Performance of a cognitive load inventory during simulated handoffs: Evidence for validity [PDF]

SAGE Open Medicine, 2016
Background: Advancing patient safety during handoffs remains a public health priority. The application of cognitive load theory offers promise, but is currently limited by the inability to measure cognitive load types.
John Q Young, Christy K Boscardin, Savannah M van Dijk, Ruqayyah Abdullah, David M Irby, Justin L Sewell, Olle Ten Cate, Patricia S O’Sullivan   +7 more
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Handoffs in Emergency Departments: A Mixed-Methods Study on Physician Perspectives, Preferences, and Strategies

Emergency Care and Medicine
Background/Objectives: Among the factors contributing to medical errors and misdiagnosis, patient handoffs play a significant role. The negative impact of handoffs includes miscommunications, omissions, and information loss. Patient handoffs are inherent
Vishnunarayan Girishan Prabhu, Ronald Pirrallo, Kevin Taaffe, Sudeep Hegde, Steven Foster, William Jackson, Michael Ramsay, Jess Hobbs   +7 more
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The portfolio effect: an opportunity for improving handoffs quality in ICU

BMC Health Services Research
Background Handoffs are a major determinant of patient’s safety but their implementation remains heterogeneous and non-standardized. Organizational factors, including the order in which individual cases are handled within the handoff, may play a role in ...
Céline Monard, Josselin Carrere, Paul Abraham, Valerie Cerro, Stephanie Polazzi, Cécile Payet, Thomas Rimmelé, Antoine Duclos   +7 more
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Molecular handoffs in nitrergic neurotransmission [PDF]

Frontiers in Medicine, 2014
PSD proteins in excitatory synapses are relatively immobile components, while there is a structured organization of mobile scaffolding proteins lying beneath the PSDs.
ARUN eCHAUDHURY
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How is Pain Discussed in Physician Handoffs? [PDF]

, 2022
Approximately 20% of the US adult population experiences chronic pain.1 In one study, 59% of hospitalized patients reported pain, with 10% reporting inadequately controlled pain.2 Yet, little research has been conducted on how physicians communicate with
Ramannathan, Vaidehi, Henry, Stephen G, Spivack, Sarah   +2 more
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Validation of a handoff assessment tool: the Handoff CEX [PDF]

Journal of Clinical Nursing, 2012
Aims and objectives.  Test the feasibility and validity of a handoff evaluation tool for nurses.Background.  No validated tools exist to assess the quality of handoff communication during change of shift.Design.  Prospective cohort study.Methods.  A standardised tool, the Handoff CEX, was developed based on the mini‐CEX.
Leora I, Horwitz, Janet, Dombroski, Terrence E, Murphy, Jeanne M, Farnan, Julie K, Johnson, Vineet M, Arora   +5 more
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Development of a handoff evaluation tool for shift‐to‐shift physician handoffs: The handoff CEX [PDF]

Journal of Hospital Medicine, 2013
BACKGROUNDIncreasing frequency of shift‐to‐shift handoffs coupled with regulatory requirements to evaluate handoff quality make a handoff evaluation tool necessary.OBJECTIVETo develop a handoff evaluation tool.DESIGNTool development.SETTINGTwo academic medical centers.SUBJECTSNurse practitioners, medicine housestaff, and hospitalist attendings ...
Leora I, Horwitz, David, Rand, Paul, Staisiunas, Peter H, Van Ness, Katy L B, Araujo, Stacy S, Banerjee, Jeanne M, Farnan, Vineet M, Arora   +7 more
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Deconstructing Anesthesia Handoffs During Simulated Intraoperative Anesthesia Care [PDF]

, 2015
Anesthesia patient handoffs are a vulnerable time for patient care and handoffs occur frequently during anesthesia care. Communication failures contribute to patient harm during anesthesia patient handoffs.
Lowe, Jason S.
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Handoffs between takt train wagons: a systematic literature review [PDF]

, 2023
Recent years have seen increased use of takt planning. With takt planning, trades are organized as wagons in a train moving through takt areas in the building.
Drevland, Frode Olav, Andreassen, Mikal
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Lack of association between intraoperative handoff of care and postoperative complications: a retrospective observational study

BMC Anesthesiology, 2019
Background The significance of intraoperative anesthesia handoffs on patient outcomes are unclear. One aspect differentiating the disparate results is the treatment of confounding factors, such as patient comorbidities and surgery time of day.
Vikas N. O’Reilly-Shah, Victoria G. Melanson, Cinnamon L. Sullivan, Craig S. Jabaley, Grant C. Lynde   +4 more
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