A QI initiative: implementing a patient handoff checklist for pediatric hospitalist attendings.

Huay-Ying Lo; Paul C. Mullan; Cara Lye; Mary Gordon; Binita Patel; Joyee Vachani

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A QI initiative: implementing a patient handoff checklist for pediatric hospitalist attendings.

February 8, 2017

Lo H-Y, Mullan PC, Lye C, et al. BMJ Qual Improv Rep. 2016;5(1).

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Patient handoffs are vulnerable to errors of omission. This quality improvement project designed and implemented a checklist as a way to standardize the process of pediatric handoffs. The program found the tool to be effective in uncovering problems and physicians felt the checklist supported situational awareness and patient safety.

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