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

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

Background Handoff miscommunications are a leading source of medical errors. Error rates
decreased following implementation of the I-PASS handoff program (a bundled intervention …

Background Miscommunications are a leading cause of serious medical errors. Data from
multicenter studies assessing programs designed to improve handoff of information about …

Methods: We used a modified learning collaborative model to implement an I-PASS
program, including training, standardized verbal handoff processes, observation and …

Objective: The overall purpose was to understand the effects of handoff protocols using meta-
analytic approaches. Background: Standardized protocols have been required by the Joint …

Purpose Communication failure is the leading root cause of sentinel events in hospitals. The
increase in the number of handoffs related to new duty hour standards in teaching hospitals …

Article-at-a-Glance Background After hospital discharge, patients are at risk for medication
errors, missed test results, adverse events, and readmissions. Handoff communication …

Communication failure is the leading root cause of sentinel events in hospitals. The increase
in the number of handoffs related to new duty-hour standards in teaching hospitals creates …

Multiple health care organizations have identified handoffs as a source of clinical errors;
however, few studies have linked handoff interventions to improved patient outcomes. This …