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

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 …

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

Background Resident handoff communication skills are essential components of medical
education training. There are no previous systematic reviews of feedback and evaluation …

With changes in the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME)
Common Program Requirements related to transitions in care effective July 1, 2011 …

In 2001, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) reported that inadequate handoffs are ''where safety
often fails first.''1 Other groups quickly joined the call for improved handoffs. The Joint …

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

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 The Joint Commission has made a “standardized approach
to hand-off communications” a National Patient Safety Goal. Method An interactive 90 …