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Safe clinical handover program
- Standard key principles
- JMO clinical handover
- GP/Facility clinical handover
- Ambulance to ED handover
Contacts
Ph: 02 9391 9878
"Don't hesitate, communicate"
Useful website links for clinical handover
There are a number of useful resources to review in line with your work on clinical handover.
Clinical handover - Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care
The following resources and projects were developed as part of the ACSQHC Clinical handover program and are also available from their site:
- OSSIE Guide to Clinical Handover Improvement
- Clinical Handover Literature Review
- Clinical handover: critical communications. Medical Journal of Australia Supplement (1st June 2009)
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National Clinical Handover Initiative Pilot Program
The Commission’s National Clinical Handover Initiative funded fourteen pilot projects to develop practical and transferable tools for improving clinical handover. A pilot program ran over two years in 2007-2009 and involved more than 30 public and private sector hospitals in 6 jurisdictions as well as some primary and residential aged care services.
- ISBAR - Hunter New England Area Health Service
- Leading Clinical Handover - University of Queensland Centre for Health Innovation and Solutions, Queensland Health Patient Safety Centre and Med-E-Serv Pty Ltd.
- Transfer to Hospital Envelope - North East Valley Division of General Practice
- iSoBAR for Inter-Hospital Patient Transfers - West Australian Country Health Service
- TeamSTEPPSTM: - South Australian Department of Health Clinical Systems Unit
- Bedside Handover and Whiteboard Communication - Griffith University Research Centre for Clinical Practice Innovation
- Nursing and Medical Handover in General Surgery, Emergency Medicine and General Medicine at the Royal Hobart Hospital - Tasmania: Department of Health and Human Services
- HELiCS as a Tool for Ongoing Observation, Improvement and Evaluation of Clinical Handover - University of Technology Centre for Health Communication
- The PACT Program: communication training and team training to support handover- Albury-Wodonga Private Hospital, Ramsay Healthcare
- SHAREing Obstetric Care: Clinical handover between VMOs and Midwives - Mater Health Services Brisbane Limited
- Revolving doors: Effective communication in the handover of private mental health patients to community health practitioners - St John of God Health Services
- Inter-professional Communication and Team Climate in Complex Clinical Handover Situations - Deakin University
- Improving Residential Aged Care Facilities to Hospitals Clinical Handovers - GP Partners
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SafeTECH: Safe tools for electronic clinical handover - South Australian Department of Health in collaboration with the University of Tasmania
Other Resources
Caring Together: The Health Action Plan for NSW
Between the Flags - Clinical Excellence Commission
Clinical Handover Guide - Safe Handover: Safe Patients - Australian Medical Association
Reducing Risk by Moving Clinical Handover to the Bedside - Sydney South West Area Health Service
Improving Patient Safety Through a New Clinical Handover Procedure - North Coast Area Health Service
ISBAR clinical handover project - Hunter New England Area Health Service
Aged Care Home Transfer-to-Hospital Envelope - North East Valley Division of General Practice
SHARED - A Framework for Clinical Handover- Mater Health Services Brisbane Limited
