TY - JOUR T1 - MedE-Handover: Development of an electronic handover system to improve the safety and reliability of weekend handover on medical wards in a major acute teaching hospital JF - Future Healthcare Journal JO - Future Healthc J SP - 75 LP - 75 DO - 10.7861/futurehosp.6-1-s75 VL - 6 IS - Suppl 1 AU - Charlotte Strzelecki AU - Rajit Khosla Y1 - 2019/03/01 UR - http://www.rcpjournals.org/content/6/Suppl_1/75.abstract N2 - This project aimed to develop a robust and effective handover system to standardise the transfer of information between wards and out-of-hours clinicians, thus improving continuity of care and patient safety on medical wards.Electronic handover tools have been advocated as a potential strategy for enhancing the quality of handover. This project saw the design of a locally peer-reviewed Microsoft Excel database entitled ‘MedE-Handover’ which included scripts allowing semi-automation and standardisation of handover data. Replacing uncoordinated handwritten notes previously compiled separately by … ER -