Purpose Effective communication is central to patient safety. There is abundant evidence of
negative consequences of poor communication and inadequate handoffs. The purpose of …

Article-at-a-Glance Background Communication lapses at the time of patient handoffs are
believed to be common, and yet the frequency with which patients are harmed as a result of …

Abstract In 2010, the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education released its
resident duty hours restrictions, requiring that faculty monitor their residents' patient handoffs …

Purpose To develop, teach, and supervise a structured process for handing off patient care
and to evaluate its effect on interns' knowledge, skills, and attitudes toward handoffs. Method …

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 Effective handovers (handoffs) are vital to patient safety. Medical educators
investigated educational interventions to improve handovers in a 2011 systematic review …

BACKGROUND: Handoffs are ubiquitous to Hospital Medicine and are considered a
vulnerable time for patient safety. PURPOSE: To develop recommendations for hospitalist …

Patient handoffs are a key source of communication failures and adverse events in
hospitals. Despite Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education requirements for …

Medical Education 2011: 45: 1081–1089 Context Effective handover within the health care
setting is vital to patient safety. Despite published literature discussing strategies to improve …

Purpose To summarize the available evidence about patient handoff characteristics and
their impact on subsequent patient care in hospitals. Method In January and February 2011 …