TY - CHAP AB - When responsibility for an individual patient is transferred within or between groups of medical professionals, a “handoff” occurs so that patient-specific medical information can be provided to the medical professional(s) assuming responsibility for that patient. Providing an appropriate summary supports safe, high-quality, effective medical care; inadequate or incorrect information may create risk for the patient. A handoff approach was developed to facilitate this process, using the mnemonic “S*T*A*R*T” (S: situation; T: therapies; A: anticipated course; R: reconciliation; T: transfer). Surveys of handoffs occurring before and after introduction of the S*T*A*R*T system document areas with potential for process improvement. VL - 7 SN - 978-1-84663-955-5, 978-1-84663-954-8/1474-8231 DO - 10.1016/S1474-8231(08)07011-0 UR - https://doi.org/10.1016/S1474-8231(08)07011-0 AU - Deutsch Ellen S. AU - Binck Brian AU - Moore Gina AU - Karsh Ben-Tzion ED - Grant T. Savage ED - Eric W. Ford PY - 2008 Y1 - 2008/01/01 TI - S*t*a*r*t: a great handoff – an approach to effective medical communication in a high-risk environment T2 - Patient Safety and Health Care Management T3 - Advances in Health Care Management PB - Emerald Group Publishing Limited SP - 241 EP - 258 Y2 - 2024/09/19 ER -