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Development of a Sign-Out Tool to Improve Handoffs in Care

NCT01398761 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 295

Last updated 2014-04-28

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this grant is to fund the research necessary to fully understand the impact of this sign-out tool on clinician workflow, quality of sign-out, and continuity of care. This information will inform exactly how Partners will move ahead with tools to improve handoffs in care (i.e., whether the prototype will be adapted further, adopted Partners wide, or abandoned in favor of other solutions). The investigators hypothesize that a web-based handoff tool improves provider satisfaction, the quality of written sign-outs, and measures of continuity of care compared with current handoff tools.

Conditions

  • Continuity of Patient Care
  • Workflow
  • Quality of Signout

Interventions

OTHER

Signout tool

Electronic signout tool

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Partners Siemens Research Council

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • Brigham and Women's Hospital

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Jeffrey L Schnipper, MD, MPH · Brigham and Women's Hospital

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2011-01-31
Primary Completion
2011-07-31
Completion
2011-07-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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