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Impact of geographic localization on hospital length of stay: Evidence of a dose–response relationship

Journal of Hospital Medicine, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Geographic localization of patients and clinicians is a common approach to improve teamwork and efficiency, reduce hospital length of stay (LOS), and improve patient experience. We implemented a multidisciplinary initiative, called Patient‐Centered Teams (PaCT), which reengineered bed management procedures and localized several ...
Deonni P. Stolldorf, Andrew Guide, Kelly E. Cunningham, Russell Ledford, Lee Ann Liska, Kelsey Rodriguez, Sunil Kripalani   +6 more
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Patient Handoffs in Obstetrics and Gynecology: A Vital Link in Patient Safety

, 2009
Inadequate patient handoffs have been an area of focus for patient safety improvement. Insufficient communication and risks or “shortcuts” taken by staff members during handoffs could negatively affect the safety of patients in a department of ...
Khsti DeName, John Yeh
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Performance of a cognitive load inventory during simulated handoffs: Evidence for validity

SAGE Open Medicine, 2016
Background: Advancing patient safety during handoffs remains a public health priority. The application of cognitive load theory offers promise, but is currently limited by the inability to measure cognitive load types.
John Q Young, Christy K Boscardin, Savannah M van Dijk, Ruqayyah Abdullah, David M Irby, Justin L Sewell, Olle Ten Cate, Patricia S O’Sullivan   +7 more
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EMR-based handoff tool improves completeness of internal medicine residents’ handoffs

BMJ Open Quality, 2018
Background The majority of adverse events in healthcare involve communication breakdown. Physician-to-physician handoffs are particularly prone to communication errors, yet have been shown to be more complete when systematised according to a standardised
Lisa Shieh, Rebecca L Tisdale, Zac Eggers   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Implicit expression of uncertainty – suggestion of an empirically derived framework

BMC Medical Education, 2020
Background Uncertainty occurs in physicians’ daily work in almost every clinical context and is also present in the clinical reasoning process. The way physicians communicate uncertainty in their thinking process during handoffs is crucial for patient ...
Julia Gärtner, Pascal O. Berberat, Martina Kadmon, Sigrid Harendza   +3 more
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“Increasing Warm Handoffs: Optimizing Community Based Referrals in Primary Care Using QI Methodology”

Journal of Primary Care & Community Health, 2021
Social and environmental factors have an outsized effect on one’s health. Children are particularly impacted by the adverse effects of poverty. While social determinants of health (SDH) screening in healthcare settings has proliferated there remain gaps ...
Dana Sanderson, Sandra Braganza, Kaitlyn Philips, Tashi Chodon, Renee Whiskey, Patrizia Bernard, Andrea Rich, Kevin Fiori   +7 more
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“Friction by Definition”: Conflict at Patient Handover Between Emergency and Internal Medicine Physicians at an Academic Medical Center

Western Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2021
Introduction: Patient handoffs from emergency physicians (EP) to internal medicine (IM) physicians may be complicated by conflict with the potential for adverse outcomes. The objective of this study was to identify the specific types of, and contributors
Zahir Kanjee, Christine P. Beltran, C. Christopher Smith, Jason Lewis, Matthew M. Hall, Carrie D. Tibbles, Amy M. Sullivan   +6 more
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The Mediating Role of Disengaged Coping in the Relationship Between Adverse Childhood Experiences and Substance Use Among Sexual Minority Adults

Research in Nursing &Health, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) are strongly linked to negative long‐term health outcomes. Sexual minority (SM) individuals face disproportionate exposure to ACEs and their consequences compared to heterosexual peers. However, the mechanisms connecting ACEs to these outcomes remain poorly understood.
Marvin A. Schilt‐Solberg, Julie J. A. M. J. Kurzer   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

I-PASS Handoff Curriculum: Faculty Observation Tools

MedEdPORTAL, 2013
The Faculty Observation Tools section contains a set of assessment tools designed to be used by residency programs implementing the Core Resident Workshop in order to ensure that residents acquire competency in handoff skills, as well as to reinforce the
Amy J. Starmer, Christopher Landrigan, Rajendu Srivastava, Karen M. Wilson, April Allen, Sanjay Mahant, Elizabeth Noble, Theodore Sectish, Jamie Spackman Blank, Lisa L. Tse, Nancy Dollase Spector, Daniel C. West   +11 more
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Information processing, mutual understanding, and organization design in healthcare

Strategic Management Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Research Summary Prior research predicts that information technology (IT) decentralizes decisions by increasing access to information relevant for decision‐making. Yet this view underestimates the coordination challenges and communication costs created by interdependent work.
John Joseph, Alex James Wilson, Jay Park, Daniel Chow   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source