Purpose To systematically review published quality improvement (QI) and patient safety (PS)
curricula for medical students and/or residents to (1) determine educational content and …

Background In hospitals, handoffs are episodes in which control of, or responsibility for, a
patient passes from one health professional to another, and in which important information …

A systematic review of published English-language articles on handoffs is conducted (1987
to June 4, 2008). Forty-six articles describing 24 handoff mnemonics are identified by trained …

Purpose Effective communication is central to patient safety. There is abundant evidence of
negative consequences of poor communication and inadequate handoffs. The purpose of …

Medical residents in hospitals are often required to be on duty for long hours. In 2003 the
organization overseeing graduate medical education adopted common program …

Article-at-a-Glance Background Numerous quality improvement projects on patient handoffs
have been conducted, yet standardized, reliable measurement tools remain elusive. Handoff …

Background In case reports, transfers in the care of patients among health care providers
have been linked to adverse events. However, little is known about the nature and frequency …

STUDY OBJECTIVE: We identify, describe, and categorize vulnerabilities in emergency
department (ED) to internal medicine patient transfers. METHODS: We surveyed all …

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

BACKGROUND: Handoffs are ubiquitous to Hospital Medicine and are considered a
vulnerable time for patient safety. PURPOSE: To develop recommendations for hospitalist …