Search Tag: Electronic clinical handover

IT Management

Short-read-patient-safety-and-simple-solution-to-electronic-clinical-handover

2018 15 Aug

Clinical handover is the transfer of professional responsibility and accountability for some or all aspects of a patient’s care to another person or team, either on a temporary or permanent basis. With the decrease in hours worked in modern medical practice, the number of handovers performed has increased proportionally. This has raised concerns...Read more

Health Management

Electronic-clinical-handover-a-simple-solution-to-a-complex-problem

2018 20 Feb

A simple solution to a complex problem.  Implementing electronic clinical handover in a hospital for better patient safety Clinical handover: defining the problem Clinical handover is defined as inter-clinician communication occurring at care interfaces. This usually refers to changes of shift within a clinical team. In essence, clinical...Read more