AHRQ Patient Safety Network: Optimizing the patient handoff between EMS and the emergency department.

AHRQ Patient Safety Network



Optimizing the patient handoff between EMS and the emergency department.

Meisel ZF, Shea JA, Peacock NJ, et al. Ann Emerg Med. 2014 Aug 7; [Epub ahead of print].

This focus group study with emergency medical services personnel identified several potential ways to improve the quality of handoffs between paramedics and emergency department staff. A structured handoff tool has been developed to address this known safety hazard.

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