Pushing the envelope: clinical handover from the aged‐care home to the emergency department
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Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the use and usefulness of an aged-care home (ACH) transfer- to-hospital envelope (the Envelope) as a tool to support safe clinical handover when an ACH resident is transferred to an emergency department (ED). DESIGN, SETTING AND PARTICIPANTS: Participants in the study were 26 ACHs (1545 beds), the EDs of six major metropolitan public teaching hospitals in Melbourne, and ambulance officers involved in transferring residents from ACHs to hospitals. Transfer data were collected over an 18-week period (January-May 2008). Evaluation methods included written surveys and semi-structured face-to-face interviews (interviewees were 19 ACH staff, 30 ED staff, and 7 ambulance officers familiar with the Envelope). MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Use, usefulness and ease of use of the Envelope; impact of using the Envelope on clinical handover; awareness of the need for clinical handover; sustainability of the project. RESULTS: The Envelope was used for the large majority of ACH residents transferred to hospital (ACH data: 317/355 [89%]; ED data: 85/101 [84%]); 163/165 ACH staff (99%) thought the Envelope was useful, and 148/165 (90%) said it was easy to use; 128/165 ACH staff (78%) and all interviewees believed that using the Envelope improved clinical handover; and 152/165 ACH staff (92%) indicated they would continue to use the Envelope. All interviewees thought that using the Envelope had raised awareness of the need for clinical handover. CONCLUSION: The Envelope is useful and easy to use. It is used in the large majority of transfers of ACH residents to EDs and is highly valued by ACH staff, ambulance officers and ED staff. Our results suggest that use of the Envelope makes clinical handover safer for patients.
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Codex and Gemma teacher scores by category
| Category | Codex | Gemma |
|---|---|---|
| Metaresearch | 0.003 | 0.002 |
| Meta-epidemiology (narrow) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (broad) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Bibliometrics | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Science and technology studies | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Scholarly communication | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Open science | 0.001 | 0.000 |
| Research integrity | 0.000 | 0.001 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.003 | 0.000 |
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