Development, implementation, and dissemination of the I-PASS Handoff Curriculum: a multisite educational intervention to improve patient handoffs.

Amy J. Starmer; Jennifer K. O'Toole; Glenn Rosenbluth; Sharon Calaman; Dorene Balmer; Daniel C. West; James F. Bale; Clifton E. Yu; Elizabeth L. Noble; Lisa L. Tse; Rajendu Srivastava; Christopher P. Landrigan; Theodore C. Sectish; Nancy D. Spector; I-PASS Study Education Executive Committee

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Development, implementation, and dissemination of the I-PASS Handoff Curriculum: a multisite educational intervention to improve patient handoffs.

June 25, 2014

Starmer AJ, O'Toole JK, Rosenbluth G, et al. Acad Med. 2014;89(6):876-84.

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This study describes the process of developing I-PASS, a standardized curriculum for improving the quality of signouts, along with preliminary outcomes and lessons learned. Early studies show that I-PASS is associated with a reduction in signout errors among resident physicians.

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