Thursday 9 June 2016

Improving the quality of handover in a liaison psychiatry team

"Without guidelines handover between shifts is of a poor quality, and often lacks key information to allow colleagues to identify patients and prioritise need. Education of those performing these handovers did not produce any benefits, either immediately following its delivery or in longer term follow up. The implementation of a template to aid clinicians in recording this data did produce improvements and received positive feedback from doctors."

Improving the quality of handover in a liaison psychiatry team
J Brook, M Amaro Calcia
BMJ Quality Improvement Reports 2016;5: doi:10.1136/bmjquality.u206492.w3442

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