Here are 12 tools that aim to improve patient handoff at healthcare facilities. Digital Nurse Assistant. Developed by PARC, a Xerox company, Digital Nurse Assistant is an electronic medical record ...

Shift changes, patient handoffs and referrals all require precise transfers of patient information. Many things can go wrong, however, and plenty of research has shown botched patient handoffs can be ...

Huddle handoff communication tool helps nurses feel safer from workplace violence A huddle handoff communication tool, developed by an academic hospital, may help improve the process for addressing ...

Nursing informatics leaders say the most meaningful patient safety improvements tied to AI in nursing workflows so far have come from mature, predictable decision-support tools — while more ...

To evaluate the impact of integrating a handoff tool into the electronic medical record (EMR) on sign-out accuracy, satisfaction and workflow in a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). In June 2006, ...

A 3-step protocol, "time-out for sign-out," standardizes OR to ICU handoffs, improving communication and patient safety. Junior clinicians benefit significantly from structured handoff processes, ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Handing off dialysis patients from an outpatient to an acute care setting or skilled nursing facility can be a ...

Ineffective handoffs contribute to gaps in patient care and medication errors, which jeopardize patient safety and lead to poor-quality care. The project aims are to develop and implement a ...

As the Cardiovascular (CV) Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) at The Miriam Hospital (TMH), it is my responsibility to provide for our heart failure patients. In this capacity I have been a resource to ...

This article outlines the potential impact of ineffective handover skills on nursesâ confidence, competence and coordination, as well as on patient safety. It focuses on how student nurses can develop ...

The charge nurse is responsible for creating daily nurse/patient assignments, which are informed by the location of the patient within a unit and the clinical judgment of the charge nurse. Assignments ...

Patient care handoffs represent an important transfer of information. 1, 2, 3, 4 Stand-alone electronic sign-out systems (such as Microsoft Word documents and ...