Actionable Patient Safety Solutions (APSS) #6: Hand-off Communications

Authors

Steven Barker, Patient Safety Movement Foundation
Nick Adams, Care Thread, Inc.
Misti B. Baskett, Victoria Baskett Patient Safety Foundation
Victoria Baskett, Victoria Baskett Patient Safety Foundation
Michael Becker
Michel Bennett, Patient Safety Movement Foundation
Laressa Bethishou, Chapman UniversityFollow
Mike Ramsay, Baylor Scott & White Health
Jeff Dunn, Redivus Health
Hisham El-Bayar, Global Transitional Care
William Floyd, iPASS
Frank Gencorelli, Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine
Christina Hazekamp, Redivus Health
Kristy Blomquist, Redivus Health
Edwin Loftin, Parrish Medical Center
Ariana Longley, Patient Safety Movement Foundation
Jacob Lopez, Patient Safety Movement Foundation
David Lubarsky, Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine
Pete Melrose, ChartSaas
Brent Nibarger, BioVigil
Karen Rehling, Sanford Children's Clinic
Patricia Roth, University of California, San Francisco
Kris Stegner, Medtronic
Laura Townsend, Louise H. Batz Patient Safety Foundation

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1-2019

Abstract

Hand-off communications, or hand-off processes, involve the transition of care as well as the transfer of patient-specific information by one healthcare professional to another with the purpose of providing a patient with safe, continuous care. A successful hand-off can only be achieved by effective communication.

Comments

This report was published for the Patient Safety Movement Foundation in 2019.

Recommended Citation

Barker SJ, Adams N, Baskett MB, et al. Actionable Patient Safety Solutions (APSS) #6: Hand-off Communications. Patient Safety Movement Foundation. January 2019. (https://patientsafetymovement.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/APSS-6.pdf).

Copyright

Patient Safety Movement Foundation