Comparing the Effectiveness of Handoff Protocols [Part of a Panel on Medical Team Handoffs: Current and Future Directions]

Elizabeth H. Lazzara; Robert Riss; Ray Chan; Joseph R. Keebler; Evan Palmer; Dustin Smith; Brady Patzer; Matthew Kafka

Comparing the Effectiveness of Handoff Protocols [Part of a Panel on Medical Team Handoffs: Current and Future Directions]

Elizabeth H. Lazzara, Robert Riss, Ray Chan, Joseph R. Keebler, Evan Palmer, Dustin Smith, Brady Patzer, Matthew Kafka

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Abstract

 Effective communication is at the heart of quality patient care. Handoffs – the transfer of patient care
 responsibility from one provider to another – rely on communication. Although handoffs are fundamental for
 clinical care, frequently conducted, and universally performed across sub-specialties, they are consistently inadequate and error prone. In fact, the Joint Commission cites ineffective communication as a root cause in nearly 70% of sentinel events, with more than half of these incidents citing handoffs as the point of breakdown.

Original language	American English
State	Published - Oct 2014
Externally published	Yes
Event	58th Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society - Chicago, IL Duration: Oct 1 2014 → …

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Conference	58th Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society
Period	10/1/14 → …

Keywords

communication
patient care
patient handoffs
patient safety

Disciplines

Medical Education
Family Medicine
Health Communication

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Comparing the Effectiveness of Handoff Protocols [Part of a Panel on Medical Team Handoffs: Current and Future Directions]

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