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

Purpose Teamwork is essential for ensuring the quality and safety of health care delivery in
the intensive care unit (ICU). This article addresses what we know about teamwork, team …

Health systems everywhere are expected to meet increasing public and political demands
for accessible, high-quality care. Policy-makers, managers, and clinicians use their best …

INTRODUCTION: Establishing continuity of care in handovers at changes of shift is a
challenging endeavor that is jeopardized by time pressure and errors typically occurring …

There is a broad consensus that 21st century health care will require intensive use of
information technology to acquire and analyze data and then manage and disseminate …

Effective handoff communication is critical for patient safety. Research is needed to
understand how information processes occurring intra-shift impact handoff effectiveness …

Effective communication during nurse handoffs is instrumental in ensuring safe and quality
patient care. Much of the prior research on nurse handoffs has utilized retrospective …

Purpose Handoffs vary in their structure and content, raising concerns regarding
standardization. We conducted a comparative evaluation of the nature and patterns of …

Background Understanding and improving hospital discharge has assumed major
importance since it represents an error-prone transition in care. One barrier to improvement …

Successful handoffs ensure smooth, efficient and safe patient care transitions. Tools and
systems designed for standardization of clinician handoffs often focuses on ensuring the …