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Johns Hopkins develops hand-off tips
Quality Improvement Monitor, October 24, 2008
Physicians at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore have published a list of good surgical sign-out practices to avoid troublesome patient hand-offs, The Wall Street Journal Health Blog reports.
The list, published in the October Archives of Surgery, includes the following tips:
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Make sure there’s enough time for the physician’s sign-out process
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Have a standard list that includes information such as patients’ surgery date/type, postoperative complications, pain management, and important medications
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Have a plan to transfer patients to a higher level of care if necessary.
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