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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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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   +3 more
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Assessing the quality of patient handoffs at care transitions

BMJ Quality & Safety, 2010
Effective handoff practices (ie, mechanisms for transferring information, responsibility and authority) are critical to ensure continuity of care and patient safety.This study aimed to develop a rating tool (self-rating and external rating) for handoff quality that goes beyond mere information transfer.The rating tool was piloted during 126 patient ...
Manser, Tanja   +4 more
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Handoff Checklists Improve the Reliability of Patient Handoffs in the Operating Room and Postanesthesia Care Unit

Paediatric Anaesthesia, 2013
SummaryBackgroundIneffective communications among healthcare providers are common and increases the risk of medical errors. During the perioperative period, multiple handoffs occur within a short period of time, and failure to convey important patient information can compromise safety.
Anne C, Boat, James P, Spaeth
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Implementation of a computerized patient handoff application.

AMIA ... Annual Symposium proceedings. AMIA Symposium, 2014
For hospitalized patients, handoffs between providers affect continuity of care and increase the risk of medical errors. Most commercial electronic health record (EHR) systems lack dedicated tools to support patient handoff activities. We developed a collaborative application supporting patient handoff that is fully integrated with our commercial EHR ...
David K. Vawdrey   +4 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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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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[Importance of handoffs for patient safety].

Revue medicale suisse, 2019
Handoffs are defined as the transfer of mission specific information and care authority from one healthcare professional to another. Handoffs may create gaps that are especially vulnerable to errors and may have an impact on patient safety. Conceptualising handoffs that are safe gains in importance in medicine with the growing clinical complexity, the ...
Fanny, Berlincourt   +3 more
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SBAR: Not Just for Patient Handoffs

Nurse Educator, 2020
Eileen R, OʼShea, Linda Nancy, Roney
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