While some doctors and nurses are putting down their iPads, others are picking them up. Hubbard Hill Retirement Community in Elkhart, Indiana is paying less nurse overtime and improving communication ...

A new study, published in BMJ Quality & Safety, examined the impact of the I-PASS Nursing Handoff Bundle on nursing workflow and communication. The I-PASS Nursing Handoff Bundle intervention includes ...

A standardized handoff can prevent inconsistent and inaccurate discharge summaries, a new study says. Transition of patients from hospital to a skilled nursing facility (SNF) often results in ...

Here are 17 tools designed to improve patient handoffs. 5Ps for Patient Handoffs. SafetyFirst offers the 5Ps for Patient Handoffs worksheet and flier to ensure an efficient and effective patient ...

Here are 12 tools that aim to improve patient handoff at healthcare facilities. Digital Nurse Assistant. Developed by PARC, a Xerox company, Digital Nurse Assistant is an electronic medical record ...

A new study in The Journal of the American Medical Association shows hospitals can significantly reduce medical errors by adopting standardized communication during patient handoffs without burdening ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Handing off dialysis patients from an outpatient to an acute care setting or skilled nursing facility can be a ...

When Kathleen Mikos, RN, MSN, vice president of patient care, chief nursing officer, came to Ingalls Memorial Hospital in Harvey, IL, she couldn't shake the sense of déjà vu when she found that ...

A 3-step protocol, "time-out for sign-out," standardizes OR to ICU handoffs, improving communication and patient safety. Junior clinicians benefit significantly from structured handoff processes, ...

The huddle handoff communication tool involved an emergency department nurse initiating the huddle process by telling the admitting unit that a patient at risk for violence was admitted. The admitting ...

To evaluate the impact of integrating a handoff tool into the electronic medical record (EMR) on sign-out accuracy, satisfaction and workflow in a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). In June 2006, ...