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Patient Safety at Handoff in Rehabilitation Medicine

Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Clinics of North America, 2012
The Joint Commission Center for Transforming Healthcare has cited communication as the most frequent root cause in sentinel events, with failed patient handoffs playing a "role in an estimated 80% of serious preventable adverse events." Handoff, or transfer of patient care information, occurs formally and informally many times each day, within and ...
Jason W, Siefferman, Emerald, Lin, Jeffrey S, Fine   +2 more
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Accurate Patient Handoffs: Imperative for Patient Safety

Journal of PeriAnesthesia Nursing, 2007
F YOU LOOK UP the word “handoff” in any ypical dictionary, the definition begins with ootball and describes a handoff as handing the all to a teammate during play. That particular efinition was not the exact “handoff” I was nterested in, although I did wonder if they had ime to give a report on the condition of the lay before handing over the ball ...
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Bedside Handoff: Enhancing the Patient Experience

Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic & Neonatal Nursing, 2013
Professional Issues Poster Presentation Purpose for the Program Ineffective communication has been cited by The Joint Commission as the root cause of most reported sentinel events. Patient handoff has been identified as a time when the risk of ineffective communication contributes to errors.
Jane Pierce, Jenny Dietz
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Handoffs and Equity: Impact of a Patient Distribution Model on Handoffs for Black Patients

Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities
Hospital medicine patient distribution models (PDM) assign patients to inpatient services on hospital admission. Models balance tradeoffs including patient handoffs, physician wellness, subspecialty care, and other factors to ensure optimal outcomes; however, equity is rarely considered.
Ethan Molitch-Hou, Thomas J. Best, Ellis Green, Khanh T. Nguyen, Grace LaShore, Matthew T. Cerasale   +5 more
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Handoffs Between Radiologists and Patients: Threat or Opportunity?

Journal of the American College of Radiology, 2011
Radiologists, referring physicians, and patients all have certain legal rights regarding access to medical records, including imaging data. The degree of patient access is likely to increase with the growing adoption of patient portals and personal health records.
Nabile, Safdar, Narendra, Shet, Dorothy, Bulas, Nancy, Knight   +3 more
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Nurses' Views of Patient Handoffs in Japanese Hospitals

Journal of Nursing Care Quality, 2012
Staff perceptions of risks associated with patient handoffs were investigated in a survey of nurses in 6 Japanese hospitals. A total of 1462 valid responses were collected from nurses with an overall response rate of 74%. Respondents are moderately satisfied with the transfer of information and responsibility during handoffs.
Xiuzhu, Gu, Henning Boje, Andersen, Marlene Dyrløv, Madsen, Kenji, Itoh, Inger Margrete D, Siemsen   +4 more
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Patient Handoffs: Pediatric Resident Experiences and Lessons Learned

Clinical Pediatrics, 2010
Background: Within pediatrics, there is a paucity of data on pediatric resident handoff systems. Methods: Seventy-seven of 139 eligible pediatric housestaff participated in a cross-sectional survey that was distributed at an annual residency fall retreat in September 2007.
Maireade E, McSweeney, Jenifer R, Lightdale, Robert J, Vinci, James, Moses   +3 more
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Patients' Perceptions of Bedside Handoff

Journal of Nursing Care Quality, 2014
Current literature on patients' perceptions of bedside handoff describes studies using qualitative, anecdotal, and/or indirect measurement. This study identifies patients' perceptions of the bedside handoff through direct and quantitative measurement.
Yvonne, Ford, Anita, Heyman, Yvonne L, Chapman   +2 more
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Patient handoffs.

Hospitals & health networks, 2008
This month's foldout section underscores the risks inherent every time a patient is transferred from one caregiver to another and outlines the three keys to successful handoffs.
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Perfecting the Patient Handoff: Improving the Process for Patients and Nurses

Nursing for Women's Health, 2010
Lori Olvera, RNC, MSN, PHN Mary Campbell Bliss, RN, MS, CNS Do any of these scenarios sound familiar? A patient is transferred from labor and delivery (L&D) to postpartum and when the patient arrives, the room is still dirty. A baby is transferred to the nursery and although the baby is a girl, her name bands say “male.” A patient is transferred to ...
Lori, Olvera, Mary Campbell, Bliss
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