JACHO patient safety goal

[sdear]

Hello !

I am heading up a rapid process improvement soon, regarding the new JACHO patient safety goal to standardize the "hand off " of a patient with opportunity to ask/answer questions for our hospital.

As you all know, communication is a big issue among health care providers.

I would like any input anyone is willing to share on their hospital's "report " procedure, and how it is accomplished in your facility among different nursing units and or procedural departments.

Thanks for any ideas or suggestions.

[MarieLaboratory]

I searched your archives and note that others are having difficulty finding policies to share. We have a Task Force and are conducting a FOCUS-PDAC for this project. If anyone has successfully addressed this issue, please share your ideas. Thank you.

[DianeK4HVCH]

I have found a great reference sight called Joint Commission International Center for Patient Safety at https://www.scribd.com/document/147349451/Strategies-to-Improve-Handoff-Communication. Article is titles "Strategies to Improve Hand-Off Communication: Implementing a Process to Resolve Questions". Hope this helps you.

DianeK.

sdear said:

Hello !

I am heading up a rapid process improvement soon, regarding the new JACHO patient safety goal to standardize the "hand off " of a patient with opportunity to ask/answer questions for our hospital.

As you all know, communication is a big issue among health care providers.

I would like any input anyone is willing to share on their hospital's "report " procedure, and how it is accomplished in your facility among different nursing units and or procedural departments.

Thanks for any ideas or suggestions.

[Nitengale326]

We just implemented a very simple...ticket to ride form... it is basically for professional to non-professional hand offs. It has a place for the transport person to sign and contains basic info.. fall risk, dnr status, meds due, other issues...etc. Our transporters were told they could NOT transport unless they had this paper completed by the nurse. Initially it was a little hard (as usual) to get all on board but it has taken off and the simplicity is wonderful. If you need more info...let me know...

[IvyLane]

Nitengale326 said:

We just implemented a very simple...ticket to ride form... it is basically for professional to non-professional hand offs. It has a place for the transport person to sign and contains basic info.. fall risk, dnr status, meds due, other issues...etc. Our transporters were told they could NOT transport unless they had this paper completed by the nurse. Initially it was a little hard (as usual) to get all on board but it has taken off and the simplicity is wonderful. If you need more info...let me know...

I am looking for a form similar to what you have described, would you be able to forward it? I am also working on a nurse form for transferring patients between units. Any help would be VERY much appreciated. Thanks.