ArticleJournal of general internal medicine2018
Warm Handoffs: a Novel Strategy to Improve End-of-Rotation Care Transitions.
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- Warm Handoffs for Improving Client Receipt of Services: A Systematic Review.Maternal and child health journal · 2021Pooled it
- Sociodemographic and clinical characteristics associated with overdose among patients with a substance-related diagnosis in the emergency department of Southern California.Harm reduction journal · 2025Article
- Impact of an educational intervention on nurses' perception of handoff process in public hospitals in Katsina, Nigeria: a cluster-randomized trial.BMC nursing · 2025Article
- "Left Seat, Right Seat": Transitions of Care Within Graduate Medical Education.Journal of graduate medical education · 2025Article
- Headache Specialists' Perceptions of the Role of Health Psychologists in Headache Management: A Qualitative Study.Cureus · 2024Article
- "And then the person sort of just drops off the radar…": barriers in the transition from hospital to community-based care among survivors of intimate partner violence in Metropolitan Atlanta.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
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Abstract
backgroundHospitalized medical patients undergoing transition of care by house staff teams at the end of a ward rotation are associated with an increased risk of mortality, yet best practices surrounding this transition are lacking.
aimTo assess the impact of a warm handoff protocol for end-of-rotation care transitions.
settingA large, university-based internal medicine residency using three different training sites.
participantsPGY-2 and PGY-3 internal medicine residents. PROGRAM DESCRIPTION: Implementation of a warm handoff protocol whereby the incoming and outgoing residents meet at the hospital to sign out in-person and jointly round at the bedside on sicker patients using a checklist. PROGRAM EVALUATION: An eight-question survey completed by 60 of 99 eligible residents demonstrated that 85% of residents perceived warm handoffs to be safer for patients (p < 0.001), while 98% felt warm handoffs improved their knowledge and comfort level of patients on day 1 of an inpatient rotation (p < 0.001) as compared to prior handoff techniques. Finally, 88% felt warm handoffs were worthwhile despite requiring additional time (p < 0.001). DISCUSSION: A warm handoff protocol represents a novel strategy to potentially mitigate the known risks associated with end-of-rotation care transitions. Additional studies analyzing patient outcomes will be needed to assess the impact of this strategy.
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