Start Date

5-28-2020 11:00 AM

End Date

5-28-2020 12:00 PM

Description

Aims for Improvement

Within one year of initiation of the process improvement plan, we wanted to improve:

  • Direct communication of airway and hemodynamic concerns
  • Direct communication of operative events, complications, and perioperative management goals.
  • Attendance at postoperative handoffs
  • Confirmation of information by receiving teams
  • Staff perceptions of handoff efficacy and teamwork.

Keywords

handoffs, neurosurgery, intensive care unit

Comments

Presented at the 2020 House Staff Quality Improvement and Patient Safety Conference

COinS
 
May 28th, 11:00 AM May 28th, 12:00 PM

Standardizing Postoperative Handoffs Using the Evidence-Based IPASS Framework Improves Handoff Communication for Postoperative Neurosurgical Patients in the Neuro-Intensive Care Unit

Aims for Improvement

Within one year of initiation of the process improvement plan, we wanted to improve:

  • Direct communication of airway and hemodynamic concerns
  • Direct communication of operative events, complications, and perioperative management goals.
  • Attendance at postoperative handoffs
  • Confirmation of information by receiving teams
  • Staff perceptions of handoff efficacy and teamwork.