Handoff strategies in settings with high consequences for failure: lessons for health care operations. Export

@article{citeulike:131347, abstract = {OBJECTIVE: To describe strategies employed during handoffs in four settings with high consequences for failure. DESIGN: ANALYSIS: of observational data for evidence of use of 21 handoff strategies. SETTING: NASA Johnson Space Center in Texas, nuclear power generation plants in Canada, a railroad dispatch center in the United States, and an ambulance dispatch center in Toronto. MAIN MEASURE: Evidence of 21 handoff strategies from observations and interviews. RESULTS: Nineteen of 21 strategies were used in at least one domain, on at least an 'as needed' basis. CONCLUSIONS: An understanding of how handoffs are conducted in settings with high consequences for failure can jumpstart endeavors to modify handoffs to improve patient safety.}, address = {Veteran's Administration Getting at Patient Safety (GAPS) Center, Cincinnati, OH 43210, USA. patterson.150@osu.edu}, author = {Patterson, Emily S. and Roth, Emilie M. and Woods, David D. and Chow, Ren\'{e}e and Gomes, Jos\'{e} Orlando O.}, citeulike-article-id = {131347}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/intqhc/mzh026}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15051706}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=15051706}, doi = {10.1093/intqhc/mzh026}, issn = {1353-4505}, journal = {International journal for quality in health care : journal of the International Society for Quality in Health Care / ISQua}, keywords = {handoff, sign-out}, month = {April}, number = {2}, pages = {125--132}, posted-at = {2006-03-06 20:43:42}, priority = {2}, title = {Handoff strategies in settings with high consequences for failure: lessons for health care operations.}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/intqhc/mzh026}, volume = {16}, year = {2004} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:131347 L3 - citeulike-article-id:131347 N2 - OBJECTIVE: To describe strategies employed during handoffs in four settings with high consequences for failure. DESIGN: ANALYSIS: of observational data for evidence of use of 21 handoff strategies. SETTING: NASA Johnson Space Center in Texas, nuclear power generation plants in Canada, a railroad dispatch center in the United States, and an ambulance dispatch center in Toronto. MAIN MEASURE: Evidence of 21 handoff strategies from observations and interviews. RESULTS: Nineteen of 21 strategies were used in at least one domain, on at least an 'as needed' basis. CONCLUSIONS: An understanding of how handoffs are conducted in settings with high consequences for failure can jumpstart endeavors to modify handoffs to improve patient safety. IS - 2 JF - International journal for quality in health care : journal of the International Society for Quality in Health Care / ISQua SN - 1353-4505 AD - Veteran's Administration Getting at Patient Safety (GAPS) Center, Cincinnati, OH 43210, USA. patterson.150@osu.edu EP - 132 TI - Handoff strategies in settings with high consequences for failure: lessons for health care operations. VL - 16 SP - 125 KW - handoff KW - sign-out AU - Patterson, Emily AU - Roth, Emilie AU - Woods, David AU - Chow, Renée AU - Gomes, José Orlando PY - 2004/04// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/intqhc/mzh026 ER -