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  -