Patient handoffs and multi-specialty trainee perspectives across an institution: informing recommendations for health systems and an expanded conceptual framework for handoffs [PDF]
BMC Medical Education, 2023 Background Safe and effective physician-to-physician patient handoffs are integral to patient safety. Unfortunately, poor handoffs continue to be a major cause of medical errors.
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Quantifying acute care nurses’ experiences of patient handoffs during shift change: a cross-sectional study [PDF]
BMC NursingBackground The Joint Commission established the 2006 National Patient Safety Goals and the 2010 Provision of Care standard requiring an organization to have a standardized process between the patient handoff giver and receiver.
Vivek Kaliraman, Joni L. Watson
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Nurses’ perceptions of patient handoffs and predictors of patient handoff perceptions in tertiary care hospitals in Kelantan, Malaysia: a cross-sectional study [PDF]
BMJ OpenObjectives To study nurses’ perceptions of patient handoffs in tertiary care hospitals in Kelantan, Malaysia, and to identify predictors of these perceptions.Design Cross-sectional study.Setting Three tertiary care hospitals in Kelantan, Malaysia ...
Mohd Hanif Mohd Nawawi +1 more
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Using I-PASS to improve nursing handoffs across the continuum of care at a tertiary oncology hospital [PDF]
BMJ Open QualityBackground Communication failures can cause medical errors that harm patients. Handoffs occur frequently every day—every time a patient is transferred from one nurse to another (eg, shift change, hospital location).
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Arthroplasty Today, 2021 :: Background: Surgeons typically remain scrubbed in for the duration of a surgical case, while scrub nurses are shift-workers who handoff mid-operation.
Austin C. Kaidi, MSc +5 more
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Implementation of a standardized handoff system (I-PASS) in a tertiary care pediatric hospital [PDF]
Revista Paulista de Pediatria, 2023 Objective: The handoff is the act of transferring information and responsibility among healthcare providers, and it is critical for the patient safety and the quality of service.
Deydson Rennan Alves Soares +2 more
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Investigating the scope of resident patient care handoffs within neurosurgery. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2012 INTRODUCTION: Handoffs are defined as verbal and written communications during patient care transitions. With the passage of recent ACMGE work hour rules further limiting the hours interns can spend in the hospital, many fear that more handoffs will ...
Maya A Babu +2 more
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Handoffs and Nurse Calls: Overnight Call Simulation for Fourth-Year Medical Students
MedEdPORTAL, 2021 Introduction Interns must be able to give and receive handoffs and use handoff information to respond to calls from nursing staff regarding patient concerns.
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BMC Health Services Research, 2023 Background Patient safety incidents (PSIs) in healthcare settings are a critical concern globally, and Ghana is no exception. Addressing PSIs to improve health outcomes requires various initiatives to be implemented including improving patient safety ...
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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 +4 more
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