The I-PASS Patient Safety Institute is a clinical leader in patient safety, enabling a standard of care for patient handoffs and closed-loop communication. Founded by clinicians in 2016, the I-PASS ...
DUBLIN — Researchers in Spain have reported a complex picture of primary care patient safety across the country, with survey results highlighting a critical need for improved communication systems ...
A study published in Journal of General Internal Medicine examined complex interactions and communication norms that shape face-to-face patient handoffs. The receiver characteristics that affected ...
Communication failures are among the most frequent causes of harmful medical errors. An estimated 67% of communication errors relate to handoffs (the time when patient care responsibility transitions ...
Interventions improving communication between health care providers and patients, in turn, lowering risk of patient safety incidents, are needed. HealthDay News — Poor communication is a major ...
The Morehouse School of Medicine in Atlanta, as part of its graduate medical education policies and procedures, provides a downloadable patient handoff policy and sample form. The three-page policy ...
The Physician-Patient Alliance for Health & Safety offers a complimentary poster featuring eight strategies to improve perioperative patient safety. The “First National Survey of Patient–Controlled ...
Okay, so my aunt had surgery last spring. Hip replacement. She was in the hospital for about four days. I visited her a ...
The Commonwealth’s largest health system is the first of Kentucky Hospital Association’s members to participate in the statewide I-PASS ‘KHATCH’ Program BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--I-PASS, the gold ...
Poor communication contributed to 24.0 percent of safety incidents in 42 studies that examined its contribution along with other causes. (HealthDay News) — Poor communication is a major contributor to ...
Forty-six eligible studies were included in the analysis with 67,826 patients. HealthDay News — Poor communication is a major contributor to patient safety incidents, according to a review published ...