NIH R01 · 2025
ABSTRACT: ECHO PROJECT Patients undergoing complex surgeries are most vulnerable during the immediate postoperative period; thus, handoffs from the OR (operating room) to ICU (intensive care unit) require seamless communication and coordination between surgical, anesthesia, and critical care teams. Postoperative handoffs are a threat to patient safety, causing ~35% of medical errors in the US. To mitigate these errors, the National Patient Safety Goal (2E) necessitated the “standardization” of handoff process and content, which resulted in adoption of information transfer checklists, handoff process-based protocols, or both. Although such strategies have improved handoff quality, our…
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