Will M. Schouten, MD, from the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., and colleagues found “there was no significant difference with respect to the frequency of rapid response team calls, code team calls, transfers to a higher level of care, deaths in hospital, length of stay, 30-day readmission rate, or adverse events between patients whose care was transitioned with or without a face-to-face handoff,” according to results published in the Journal of Hospital Medicine.
“Additional study is needed to determine the qualities of patient handoff that optimize efficiency and safety,” the authors conclude.
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