Handoffs/Transfers Archives

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Handoffs/Transfers

How hospitalists can better manage handoffs/transfers, including tips on how to prevent delays, creating dedicated services and capitalizing on physician skills.

Face-to-face handoffs: Do you really need them?

To help with hand-offs, this group adapted a sign-off system for nurses

Dealing with disabilities

For one rural hospital, a telehospitalist service has been a game changer

A look at handoff innovations

Hospitalists and hand-offs: the problems that plague the process

To manage capacity, a health system relies on interhospital admission transfers

Strategies for teaching handoffs to housestaff

A "good discharge" doesn’t mean fewer readmissions

Communication at the core of a Maine group’s success