Objective: Handoffs of patient care from one nurse to another are an integral part of nursing
practice; but there is abundant evidence that poor communication and variable procedures …

Medical errors account for∼ 98,000 deaths per year in the United States. They increase
disability and costs and decrease confidence in the health care system. We review several …

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

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

In the recent patient safety literature, there is an increasing agreement that effective patient
handover is critical to patient safety by ensuring appropriate coordination among health-care …

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

Article-at-a-Glance Background Handoffs serve a critical function in ensuring patient care
continuity during transitions of care. Studies to date have predominantly focused on intershift …

The field of higher education research has bourgeoned in the past decades, addressing a
wide range of topics. Being in a rapidly expanding and interdisciplinary field of research …

Objective Given the complexities of the healthcare environment, efforts to develop
standardized handoff practices have led to widely varying manifestations of handoff tools. A …

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 …