A quality improvement approach to standardization and sustainability of the hand-off process. | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

A quality improvement approach to standardization and sustainability of the hand-off process. | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

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• Published April 2017

A quality improvement approach to standardization and sustainability of the hand-off process.

Fryman C, Hamo C, Raghavan S, Goolsarran N. BMJ Qual Improv Rep. 2017;6:u222156.w8291.

Electronic handoff tools can facilitate information sharing between teams. This quality improvement report reviews the results of an initiative that used plan-do-study-act cycles to assess the integration of the I-PASS handoff process into an electronic medical record system.

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