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Telemedicine for Interfacility Nurse Handoffs* [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
OBJECTIVE: To compare nurse preparedness and quality of patient handoff during interfacility transfers from a pretransfer emergency department to a PICU when conducted over telemedicine versus telephone.
James P. Marcin   +39 more
core   +1 more source

Improving handoff with the implementation of I-PASS at a tertiary oncology hospital

open access: yesBMJ Open Quality, 2023
Background Lack of consistent and standardised handoffs is a leading cause of patient harm. With increased census in our hospital medicine (HM) service, failure to handoff using a standardised method has the potential to cause significant patient harm ...
Marina George   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Role clarity and organizational capacity as prerequisites for reducing readmissions: Comparing high‐ and low‐performing VA facilities

open access: yesJournal of Hospital Medicine, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Older adults face a high risk of unplanned hospital readmissions during transitions from hospital to home. Despite system‐wide initiatives, substantial variation persists across Veterans Health Administration (VHA) facilities. Objective To identify organizational factors and transitional care processes associated with high and low ...
Nicholas A. Rattray   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

Content counts, but context makes the difference in developing expertise: a qualitative study of how residents learn end of shift handoffs

open access: yesBMC Medical Education, 2018
Background Handoff education is both formal and informal and varies widely across medical school and residency training programs. Despite many efforts to improve clinical handoffs, little evidence has shown meaningful improvement.
Nicholas A. Rattray   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Patient Handoff [PDF]

open access: yesAcademic Medicine, 2012
In 2010, the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education released its resident duty hours restrictions, requiring that faculty monitor their residents' patient handoffs to ensure that residents are competent in handoff communications. Although studies have reported the need to improve the effectiveness of the handoff and a variety of curricula
Max V, Wohlauer   +5 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Navigating failure and trust in clinical training: Balancing trainees' autonomy while safeguarding patients

open access: yesJournal of Hospital Medicine, EarlyView.
Abstract Trust is like porcelain—precious, strong in its purpose, but fragile in its nature. When it breaks, we can piece it back together, yet the cracks will always remain. Each line tells a story of rupture and repair, of effort poured into restoration.
Jennifer M. Klasen, Lorelei A. Lingard
wiley   +1 more source

Handoffs in Radiology: Minimizing Communication Errors and Improving Care Transitions.

open access: yes, 2021
Handoffs are essential to achieving safe care transitions. In radiology practice, frequent transitions of care responsibility among clinicians, radiologists, and patients occur between moments of care such as determining protocol, imaging, interpreting ...
Erdfarb, Amichai   +5 more
core   +1 more source

A hospitalist‐led short‐stay rehabilitation unit reduced inpatient discharge delays

open access: yesJournal of Hospital Medicine, EarlyView.
Abstract Hospitalized patients requiring post‐acute rehabilitation often remain in acute care while awaiting skilled nursing facility placement. In July 2023, the San Francisco VA Health Care System opened a hospitalist‐led short‐stay rehabilitation unit within its Community Living Center, called the Lotus.
Kavon Javaherian   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Evaluating observed and perceived experiences of operating room to paediatric critical care unit handoffs: an initial assessment to inform quality improvement

open access: yesFrontiers in Pediatrics
IntroductionTransferring critically ill patients from the Operating Room (OR) to the Paediatric Critical Care Unit (PCCU) is a complex process. Unstructured handoffs and poor communication increase the risk of adverse events.
Jacob Davidson   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

The relationship between patient safety culture and patient safety competency with adverse events: a multicenter cross-sectional study

open access: yesBMC Nursing, 2022
Background Patient safety culture and patient safety competency could be associated with adverse events (AEs). This study aimed to investigate the associations between nurses’ perceptions of patient safety culture, patient safety competency, and AEs ...
Asal Hafezi   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

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