eHand-offs: An IBM Lotus Domino application for ensuring patient safety and enhancing resident supervision in hand-off communications.
Publication/Presentation Date
1-1-2006
Abstract
Reliable communication of patient information among physicians during shift changes is an important patient safety parameter. The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations [JCAHO] recognized the pitfalls in hand off communications by including standardized hand-offs as a National Patient Safety Goals. We are presenting an electronic application called eHand-offs to address this problem in our residency program. Residents can use this application to hand-off patient information during admissions, transfers, and discharges. eHand-offs also functions as a surveillance tool for administrators to track patient hand offs, ensuring added patient safety and enhancing resident supervision and training.
Volume
2006
First Page
874
Last Page
874
ISSN
1942-597X
Published In/Presented At
Chacko, V., Varvarelis, N., & Kemp, D. G. (2006). eHand-offs: An IBM Lotus Domino application for ensuring patient safety and enhancing resident supervision in hand-off communications. AMIA ... Annual Symposium proceedings. AMIA Symposium, 2006, 874.
Disciplines
Medicine and Health Sciences
PubMedID
17238494
Department(s)
Fellows and Residents
Document Type
Article