Background Communication errors are considered one of the major causes of sentinel
events. Our aim was to assess the process of patient handoff among junior surgical …

Materials and Methods We performed a prospective evaluation of a novel sign-out checklist
to improve ED-to-ED resident physician handoffs at shift change using a pre …

Background As residency work hour restrictions have tightened, transitions of care have
become more frequent. Many institutions dedicate significant time and resources to patient …

The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations National Patient Safety
Goal 2E requires health care settings to" implement a standardized approach to hand-off …

Background Handoffs at the end of clinical shifts occur with high frequencies in the
emergency department setting and they pose an increased risk to patients. There is a need …

Based on detailed multi-disciplinary analyses of more than 800 recorded handover
interactions, audits of written handover documentation, interviews and survey responses, the …

Our hospital system used Lean strategies to develop a new process for the change-of-shift
bedside handoff titled ISHAPED (I= Introduce, S= Story, H= History, A= Assessment, P …

BACKGROUND Handoffs of patient care are a leading root cause of medical errors.
Standardized techniques exist to minimize miscommunications during verbal handoffs, but …

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Handoff protocols are often developed by
brainstorming and consensus, and few are directly compared. We hypothesized that a …

ABSTRACT BACKGROUND Handoffs are communication processes that enact the transfer
of responsibility between providers across clinical settings. Prior research on handoff …