Watchpoint: an NHS-grown electronic communication system shown to improve patient safety

P Jareonsettasin, L Wright, I Gooding - Future Healthcare Journal, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Materials and methods The aim was to achieve a robust, efficient and formal handover of
patients for review, and tasks, both during nights and weekends. We envisaged staff …

Safe handover: safe patients-the electronic handover system

A Till, H Sall, J Wilkinson - BMJ Open Quality, 2014 - bmjopenquality.bmj.com
Failure of effective handover is a major preventable cause of patient harm. We aimed to
promote accurate recording of high-quality clinical information using an Electronic Handover …

Introduction of a new electronic medical weekend handover at Tunbridge Wells Hospital

R Vithlani - BMJ Open Quality, 2015 - bmjopenquality.bmj.com
Effective handover between shifts is vital to protect patient safety and assist doctors with
clinical governance. Poor quality, or inadequate handover can lead to serious harm for both …

A simple prioritisation system to improve the electronic handover

L Ah-Kye, M Moore - BMJ Open Quality, 2015 - bmjopenquality.bmj.com
Abstract The General Medical Council (GMC) states,“A well managed, thorough and
organized handover is crucial for ensuring the quality and safety for patient care,” and in …

EMR-based handoff tool improves completeness of internal medicine residents' handoffs

RL Tisdale, Z Eggers, L Shieh - BMJ open quality, 2018 - bmjopenquality.bmj.com
Background The majority of adverse events in healthcare involve communication
breakdown. Physician-to-physician handoffs are particularly prone to communication errors …

[PDF][PDF] Global challenges in communication strategies to ensure high reliability during patient handovers

J Johnson, P Barach, V Arora - Albolino et al, editors. Healthcare …, 2011 - researchgate.net
The past several years have seen a remarkable increase of interest in patient handovers.
This interest has taken shape in the form of research, policies, guidelines and quality …

96 Improving the medical weekend handover at a large UK district general hospital

MC Chung-mei, D Ferro, D Chatterjee, J Leader… - BMJ …, 2020 - search.proquest.com
Background Out-of-hour handover enables continuity of care and its failure can lead to
preventable patient harm and inefficiencies. At our hospital, handover for weekend medical …

Development and implementation of electronic medical handovers across psychiatric hospitals: quality improvement initiative

L Skelton, J Rogers, C Kalafatis - BMJ open quality, 2019 - bmjopenquality.bmj.com
A lack of integration between internal processes and failure to use the full potential of
information technology (IT) systems is common in psychiatric hospitals. We aimed to reduce …

Technology support of the handover: promoting observability, flexibility and efficiency

ES Patterson - BMJ quality & safety, 2012 - qualitysafety.bmj.com
Background Efforts to standardise data elements and increase the comprehensiveness of
information included in patient handovers have produced a growing interest in augmenting …

Requirements of a new communication technology for handover and the escalation of patient care: a multi‐stakeholder analysis

MJ Johnston, D King, S Arora, K Cooper… - Journal of evaluation …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Rationale, aims and objectives In order to enable safe and efficient information transfer
between health care professionals during clinical handover and escalation of care, existing …