Improving the Patient Handoff Process in the Intensive Care Unit: Keys to Reducing Errors and Improving Outcomes

Seminars in Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 96-106

  Colvin, Mai O ^a   Eisen, Lewis A ^a   Gong, Michelle Ng ^a,b  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

communication; continuity of care; critical care; handoff; handover; medical error; patient safety; quality improvement

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL HANDOVER; CROWDING (AREA); ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FATIGUE; GESTURE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LANGUAGE; MALPRACTICE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL ERROR; NOISE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STANDARDIZATION; STRESS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; WORK SCHEDULE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; STANDARDS;

COMMUNICATION; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MEDICAL ERRORS; PATIENT HANDOFF; PATIENT SAFETY; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT;

EID: 84956559521     PISSN: 10693424     EISSN: 10989048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0035-1570351     Document Type: Review

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