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 …

Background Modern medical care requires numerous patient handovers/handoffs.
Handover error is recognised as a potential hazard in patient care, and the information error …

BACKGROUND Interhospital transfer is an understudied area within transitions of care. The
process by which hospitals accept and transfer patients is not well described. National …

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 …

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 …

Background Effective handoff practices (ie, mechanisms for transferring information,
responsibility and authority) are critical to ensure continuity of care and patient safety …

Background Clinical handover plays a vital role in patient care and has been investigated in
hospital settings, but less attention has been paid to the interface between prehospital and …

Patient handoffs at shift change are a ubiquitous and potentially hazardous process in
emergency care. As crowding and lengthy evaluations become the standard for an …

Handoffs have been recognized as a major healthcare challenge primarily due to the
breakdowns in communication that occur during transitions in care. Consequently, they are …

BACKGROUND: Poor physician handoff can be a major contributor to suboptimal care and
medical errors occurring in the hospital. Physician handoffs for intensive care unit (ICU)-to …