Transcription of A Model for Building a Standardized Hand-off Protocol
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A Model for Building a Standardized Hand-off Protocol
646 November 2006 Volume 32 Number 11In July 2003, the Accreditation Council for GraduateMedical Education (ACGME) set limits for residentduty the main driving force was toreduce sleep deprivation and improve patient safety, oneunintended consequence was the increase in the numberof handoffs during patient care. The discontinuity of carethat thereby results has the potential to undermine thebeneficial effects of work hour safety ofthe Hand-off process has been called into question by anumber of different sources and studies which suggestthat handoffs are often characterized by communicationfailures and environmental 6 The handoff is also the subject of a Joint Commissionon Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations NationalPatient Safety Goal, which
647 future physicians.8 In addition, as academic teaching hospitals continue to adopt systems to ensure that duty-hour restrictions are met, an increased focus on …
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