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Emergency Care and MedicineBackground/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 +7 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 +4 more
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"Closing the loop": a mixed-methods study about resident learning from outcome feedback after patient handoffs. [PDF]
Diagnosis (Berl), 2018 Background Learning patient outcomes is recognized as crucial for ongoing refinement of clinical decision-making, but is often difficult in fragmented care with frequent handoffs.
Shenvi EC, Feupe SF, Yang H, El-Kareh R.
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Safe and Effective Patient Handoffs [PDF]
, 2021 The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations reported that poor communication is a contributing factor in more than 60% of all hospital adverse events.
Stangle, Alexis M.
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Teaching Patient Handoffs to Medical Students in Obstetrics and Gynecology: Simulation Curriculum and Assessment Tool. [PDF]
MedEdPORTAL, 2016 Introduction Patient handoffs, the communications required for the safe transfer of patient care, are known to be a common source of medical errors. Simulation exercises are effective techniques for teaching the procedures and patient interaction skills ...
Royce CS +3 more
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, 2017 While handoffs are usually defined as a transfer of something between people or things, we define handoffs as a relationship of similarity and difference between activities or events.
Wyner, George +2 more
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Team-Based Simulation for Medical Student Handoff Education
MedEdPORTAL, 2016 Introduction Good handoffs require teamwork, clear communication, a cognitively safe environment, and a good understanding of the patient's medical needs.
Alanna Higgins Joyce
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Analyzing and mitigating the risks of patient harm during operating room to intensive care unit patient handoffs. [PDF]
Int J Qual Health CarePatients continue to suffer from preventable harm and uneven quality outcomes. Reliable clinical outcomes depend on the quality of robust administrative systems and reliable support processes.
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MedEdPORTAL, 2014 Clinic handoffs occur when residents graduate and patients are transitioned to another primary care physician. Numerous patients are at risk for poor outcomes and face many barriers to effective care during clinic handoffs(1-5).
Amber Pincavage +6 more
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Handoffs and the challenges to implementing teamwork training in the perioperative environment
Frontiers in Psychology, 2023 Perioperative handoffs are high-risk events for miscommunications and poor care coordination, which cause patient harm. Extensive research and several interventions have sought to overcome the challenges to perioperative handoff quality and safety, but ...
Shannon Paquette +6 more
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