Effective Clinical Handover Communication: Improving Patient Safety, Experiences and Outcomes

Grant number: LP110100035 | Funding period: 2011 - 2014

Completed

Abstract

Communication in clinical handover (transfer of responsibility for patient care) plays a causal role in many adverse events. This project will contribute new knowledge for improvements in handover communication which will be shared across hospitals and health departments nationally to improve patient safety and reduce healthcare costs.

Related publications (5)

Inter-hospital ‘patient expect’ calls of clinical handovers for expected patients transferred from rural to metropolitan hospitals: A retrospective clinical audit

E Manias, F Geddes, P Della, D Jones, B Watson, E Stewart-Wynne

2016-12-01

Patients requiring inter-hospital air transport across large geographical spaces are at significant risk of adverse outcomes. The ..

Perspectives of clinical handover processes: A multi-site survey across different health professionals

E Manias, F Geddes, B Watson, D Jones, P Della

2016-01-01

Aims and objectives: To examine the perspectives of health professionals of different disciplines about clinical handover. Backgro..

An Analysis of Clinical Handover Miscommunication Using a Language and Social Psychology Approach

BM Watson, E Manias, F Geddes, P Della, D Jones

2015-12-01

Clinical handover is a key communication event in patient care and a major contributing factor in adverse events in hospitals. Cur..

Communication failures during clinical handovers lead to a poor patient outcome: Lessons from a case report

Elizabeth Manias, Fiona Geddes, Bernadette Watson, Dorothy Jones, Phillip Della

2015-04-29

In the emergency department, communication failures occur in clinical handover due to the urgent, changing and unpredictable natur..

Moving from rhetoric to reality: patient and family involvement in bedside handover

E Manias, B Watson

2014-12-01

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Elizabeth Manias