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

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

Fluid teams, characterized by frequent changes in team membership, are vital in the
neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) due to high patient acuity and the need for a wide range …

Background The context of the study is the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality's
Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture (HSOPSC). The purpose of the study is to analyze …

Importance In 2003, the first phase of duty hour requirements for US residency programs
recommended by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) was …

Background Handoffs occur frequently in the medical domain and are associated with up to
80% of medical errors. Although research has progressed, handoffs largely remain …

Major healthcare reform, including limits on work hours for health professionals and the
involvement of multiple individuals, teams and settings have made handovers a common …

Caring for patients in the hospital setting requires expertise, skill, and the seamless interplay
of numerous intricate and delicately balanced processes. Health care workers undergo …

Although handoffs are usually defined as a transfer of something between people or things,
we define handoffs as a relationship of similarity and difference between activities or events …

Issue: The transfer of a patient from one clinician to another is a high-risk event. Errors are
common and lead to patient harm. More effective methods for learning how to give and …