Meeting
Plenary Presentations
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Background: Handoff miscommunications are a leading source of medical errors. Medical error and adverse event rates decreased following implementation of the I-PASS handoff program (a bundled intervention using a structured mnemonic, I-PASS, and other initiatives to sustain implementation) in a pediatric research trial. Whether I-PASS can be implemented in settings outside academic pediatric institutions is […]
Plenary Presentations
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Background: Handoff miscommunications are a leading source of medical errors. Medical error and adverse event rates decreased following implementation of the I-PASS handoff program (a bundled intervention using a structured mnemonic, I-PASS, and other initiatives to sustain implementation) in a pediatric research trial. Whether I-PASS can be implemented in settings outside academic pediatric institutions is […]
Abstract Number: 153
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Background: Residents, because they are on the frontlines of the provision of care, are integral to improving care. Yet the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) has reported residents are not as engaged in improving patient safety as they could be, noting, “Though most residents and fellows were aware of their [clinical learning environment]’s […]