INTRODUCTION: Establishing continuity of care in handovers at changes of shift is a
challenging endeavor that is jeopardized by time pressure and errors typically occurring …

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 …

Background Multiple organizations have recognized that handoffs are prone to errors, and
there has been an increase in the use of electronic health records and computerized tools in …

Continuity of care is a concept that is defined as the uninterrupted and coordinated care
provided to a patient and that includes an informational dimension which describes the …

Background In surgery, preoperative handover of surgical trauma patients is a process that
must be made as safe as possible. We sought to determine vital clinical information to be …

Handover between physicians is a high-risk event for communication errors. Using
electronic handover platforms has potential to improve the quality of informational transfer …

Background: Clinical handovers at changes of shifts are typical scenarios of time restricted
and information intensive communication, which are highly cognitively demanding. The …

BACKGROUND: Numerous studies have shown that osteoporosis is both under diagnosed
and under treated in patients with fragility fractures. We describe the use of an electronic …

Effective communication between healthcare professionals is vital in maintaining high
standards of patient care. This is particularly important in the high turnover, ever changing …

This dissertation is motivated by two problems. First, existing literature characterizes patient
handoff as an information transfer activity in which safety and quality are compromised by …