Health care today is characterized by an increasing number of patients with comorbidities for
whom interphysician collaboration seems very important. We reviewed the literature to …

Aim and objective To explore nurses' perceptions of factors that help or hinder intra‐hospital
handover. Background Miscommunication during clinical handover is a leading cause of …

Conducting data analysis tasks rarely occur in isolation. Especially in intelligence analysis
scenarios where different experts contribute knowledge to a shared understanding …

Methods: We created an electronic tool to incorporate user-generated patient information in
the I-PASS format with automatically compiled data derived from the electronic medical …

Introduction Transitions in Care (TiC) are vulnerable periods in care delivery associated with
adverse events, increased cost and decreased patient satisfaction. Patients with cancer …

Background: There is no identified set of nursing-sensitive, emergency department (ED)–
specific quality indicators. Purpose: The purpose of this study was to address the gap in …

Background Communication failures are among the most common causes of harmful
medical errors. At one Comprehensive Cancer Center, patient handoffs varied among …

Objective: To compare nurse preparedness and quality of patient handoff during interfacility
transfers from a pretransfer emergency department to a PICU when conducted over …

Background Patient transfers involve the physical movement of patients, along with the
transfer of their care-related information, responsibility, and control between sending and …

Objective Transitions of care are a well-identified source of adverse events. At our academic
tertiary children's hospital, no standardized verbal handoff is used in the emergency …