Methods: We adapted and implemented I-PASS for inpatient nursing bedside report,
physician handoff, and imaging/procedures handoff. Throughout the initiative, end-user …

Importance Handoff miscommunications are a leading cause of medical errors. Studies
comprehensively assessing handoff improvement programs are lacking. Objective To …

METHODS: A prospective improvement initiative to standardize handoffs during patient
transitions from the cardiovascular ICU to the acute care unit was implemented in a …

Background and objective Handoff communication errors are a leading source of sentinel
events. We sought to determine the impact of a handoff improvement programme for nurses …

Background Handoff miscommunications are a leading source of medical errors. Harmful
medical errors decreased in pediatric academic hospitals following implementation of the I …

Background and objectives Despite the American College of Emergency Physicians and
American Academy of Pediatrics recommendations for standardised handoffs in the …

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Patient handoffs in health care require transfer of
information, responsibility, and authority between providers. Suboptimal patient handoffs …

Abstract 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 …

Background Healthcare has become increasingly complex and care delivery models have
changed dramatically (eg, team-based care, duty-hour restrictions). However, approaches to …

Methods In this prospective, observational study, we evaluated the implementation of a
structured handoff tool, SOUND, which we developed to standardize the format of handoffs …