An interventional study of Handover program in Quality Improvement in Patient Handoff, sponsored by University of British Columbia. Completed at 1 site in Canada. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2016-01-15.
Sponsored by University of British Columbia · Not applicable, Interventional, and Health services research
Miscommunication during patient handover can jeopardize patient safety and is the focus of Quality Improvement initiatives by many organizations. It is widely recognized that such miscommunication is preventable using a number of strategies identified in the literature.
Currently, there is no formal handover process of General Internal Medicine in-patients, otherwise known as the Clinical Teaching Unit (CTU) at Vancouver General Hospital, which is a major patient safety concern. This project will implement a formal handover program and evaluate whether there are changes in resident satisfaction with handover, but more importantly, whether the investigators can improve patient outcomes.
University of British Columbia is the lead sponsor of 1,335 studies on the registry; 255 are open to participants now.
Of its 6 completed or terminated interventional studies of FDA-regulated products, 1 (17%) have results posted.
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Exclusion Criteria:
Standardized handover program Dedicated place and time Template Face-to-face communication Evidence-based education session Feedback and audit
Other: Handover program
Proportion of patients handed over to the on-call resident/Clinical Associate (CA)
Time frame: 5 months
Proportion of patients the resident on-call did not receive information on that would have been useful
Time frame: 5 months
Frequency of patients transferred to the ICU
Time frame: 5 months
Frequency of patients referred to the Critical Care Outreach Team
Time frame: 5 months
Frequency of inappropriate code blue calls for patients with a "do not resuscitate" order
Time frame: 5 months
Aggregate length of stay of patients admitted to the Clinical Teaching Unit
Time frame: 5 months
Aggregate rate of death of patients admitted to the Clinical Teaching Unit
Time frame: 5 months
Resource Utilization for patients assessed by the resident on-call overnight
Resource utilization will be defined by the ordering of: radiological imaging, blood work, electrocardiogram, blood transfusions, IV fluid administration, and antibiotics.
Time frame: 5 months
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