A surgical checklist can improve communication and reduce potential errors during patient handoffs, Medscape reports. The protocol during the shift change encourages physicians to discuss the ...

To strengthen the patient handoff process from acute to postacute care, Cleveland Clinic created a new discharge checklist to improve discharge summaries and medication reconciliation.

Gather baseline data on handoff quality indicators, establish a quality improvement plan and organize items for a new protocol and checklist. 2. Launching. Educate providers on the new protocol and ...

Checklists are simple and effective tools for minimizing medical errors and bolstering patient safety. According to an Anesthesia Business Consultants blog post, communication errors between ...

These checklists can include major diagnosis; recent procedures; medications; names and numbers for all preceding caregivers; who received the patient as a handoff; and all pending laboratory ...

Implementation of handoff protocols, as a specialized form of checklist for the transfer of care, has led to a decrease in technical errors and verbal omissions in various perioperative settings ...

Checklists have already improved patient safety in intensive care units and operating rooms. Some centers have created handoff checklists too to ensure crucial items (such as a patient’s code ...

While nurses can't completely control patient flow, there are several things they can do to improve bed availability and reduce length of stay, according to a blog post from TeleTracking Technologies.

By implementing a standardized handoff protocol, known as SHRIMPS, the study demonstrates how effective communication in operating rooms (OR) can reduce the risk of errors and improve patient care.

[2] Standardised handover process with checklist improves quality and safety of care in the postanaesthesia care unit: the Postanaesthesia Team Handover trial. British Journal of Anaesthesia (2021).

When doctors and nurses pass patient information from one shift to another - an exchange known as a "handoff" - the specific words they use behind closed doors matter more than they might realize.