Assessing the quality of patient handoffs at care transitions.

Tanja Manser; Simon Foster; Stefan Gisin; Dalit Jaeckel; Wolfgang Ummenhofer

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Assessing the quality of patient handoffs at care transitions.

January 19, 2011

Manser T, Foster S, Gisin S, et al. Qual Saf Health Care. 2010;19(6):e44.

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This study reports on the development of a standardized tool to assess the quality of handoffs. The tool was used to evaluate handoffs in the emergency department, operating room, and general hospital wards.

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