SBAR: electronic handoff tool for noncomplicated procedural patients.

Laura Wentworth; Jennifer Diggins; David Bartel; Mark Johnson; Jim Hale; Kim Gaines

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SBAR: electronic handoff tool for noncomplicated procedural patients.

January 4, 2012

Wentworth L, Diggins J, Bartel D, et al. J Nurs Care Qual. 2012;27(2):125-31.

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The SBAR method has been successfully employed to improve interdisciplinary communication in a variety of settings. This study reports on the use of SBAR to improve handoffs of postprocedural patients.

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