Meta-Analyses of the Effects of Standardized Handoff Protocols on Patient, Provider, and Organizational Outcomes

• Published in: Human factors Vol. 58; no. 8; pp. 1187 - 1205
• Main Authors: Keebler, Joseph R., Lazzara, Elizabeth H., Patzer, Brady S., Palmer, Evan M., Plummer, John P., Smith, Dustin C., Lew, Victoria, Fouquet, Sarah, Chan, Y. Raymond, Riss, Robert
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Los Angeles, CA SAGE Publications 01.12.2016; Human Factors and Ergonomics Society
• Subjects: Bias; Clinical outcomes; Clinical Protocols; Confidence intervals; Data points; Documents; Heterogeneity; Hospitals; Human factors; Humans; Outcome Assessment (Health Care) - statistics & numerical data; Patients; Protocol; Space life sciences; Systematic review; transitions of care; meta-analysis; handoffs; protocols; communication; teamwork

Objective: The overall purpose was to understand the effects of handoff protocols using meta-analytic approaches. Background: Standardized protocols have been required by the Joint Commission, but meta-analytic integration of handoff protocol research has not been conducted. Method: The primary outc...