Utility of a standardized sign-out card for new medical interns. Export

@article{citeulike:531906, abstract = {Conscientious sign-out between medical interns is important for the continuity of care of hospitalized patients. We developed a standardized sign-out card that prompted the intern going off duty to transmit patient care information to the inter on call. The card was tested in a prospective, randomized, controlled trial in which one group of interns used the card, and another group did not. Any instance of poor sign-out was reported on a questionnaire completed by the intern who had been on call the previous night. The group using the sign-out cards reported poor sign-out on 8 nights (5.8\% of questionnaires), and the control group reported it on 17 nights (14.9\% of questionnaires, p = .016). The card was time-effective and inexpensive, resulted in more complete data recording, and possibly decreased the morbidity associated with poor sign-out.}, address = {Department of Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905, USA.}, author = {Lee, L. H. and Levine, J. A. and Schultz, H. J.}, citeulike-article-id = {531906}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9016423}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=9016423}, issn = {0884-8734}, journal = {J Gen Intern Med}, keywords = {handoff, sign-out}, month = {December}, number = {12}, pages = {753--755}, posted-at = {2006-03-06 21:13:45}, priority = {2}, title = {Utility of a standardized sign-out card for new medical interns.}, url = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9016423}, volume = {11}, year = {1996} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:531906 L3 - citeulike-article-id:531906 N2 - Conscientious sign-out between medical interns is important for the continuity of care of hospitalized patients. We developed a standardized sign-out card that prompted the intern going off duty to transmit patient care information to the inter on call. The card was tested in a prospective, randomized, controlled trial in which one group of interns used the card, and another group did not. Any instance of poor sign-out was reported on a questionnaire completed by the intern who had been on call the previous night. The group using the sign-out cards reported poor sign-out on 8 nights (5.8% of questionnaires), and the control group reported it on 17 nights (14.9% of questionnaires, p = .016). The card was time-effective and inexpensive, resulted in more complete data recording, and possibly decreased the morbidity associated with poor sign-out. IS - 12 JF - J Gen Intern Med SN - 0884-8734 AD - Department of Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905, USA. EP - 755 TI - Utility of a standardized sign-out card for new medical interns. VL - 11 SP - 753 KW - handoff KW - sign-out AU - Lee, LH AU - Levine, JA AU - Schultz, HJ PY - 1996/12// UR - http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9016423 ER -