Patient handoffs

Hosp Health Netw. 2008 May;82(5):7 p following 40, 2.

Abstract

This month's foldout section underscores the risks inherent every time a patient is transferred from one caregiver to another and outlines the three keys to successful handoffs.

MeSH terms

  • Continuity of Patient Care / standards*
  • Efficiency, Organizational
  • Guidelines as Topic
  • Hospital Administration
  • Humans
  • Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations
  • Models, Organizational
  • Organizational Case Studies
  • Patient Transfer / organization & administration*
  • Patient Transfer / standards
  • Safety Management*
  • United States