Poor clinical handover in hospitals is rendering the system prone to misses and near misses, warn doctors in a letter to this week's BMJ. The introduction of the European Working Time Directive has ...
The Royal College of Physicians, based in London, has published a free, downloadable toolkit focusing on patient handovers. The toolkit provides “a framework for standardization of clinical handover ...
Emergency Department handover practices are a critical aspect of patient safety and care continuity. Integral to the transition of responsibility from pre-hospital services to in-hospital teams, ...