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Handover--Enabling Learning in Communication for Safety (HELiCS): a report on achievements at two hospital sites
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posted on 2023-05-22, 02:23 authored by Iedema, R, Merrick, ET, Kerridge, R, Herkes, R, Lee, B, Anscombe, M, Rajbhandari, D, Lucey, M, White, LClinical handover is an area of critical concern, because deficiencies in handover pose a patient safety risk. Redesign of handover must allow for input from frontline staff to ensure that designs fit into existing practices and settings. The HELiCS (Handover--Enabling Learning in Communication for Safety) tool uses a "video-reflexive" technique: handover encounters are videotaped and played back to the practitioners involved for analysis and discussion. Using the video-reflexive process, staff of an emergency department and an intensive care unit at two different tertiary hospitals redesigned their handover processes. The HELiCS study gave staff greater insight into previously unrecognised clinical and operational problems, enhanced coordination and efficiency of care, and strengthened junior-senior communication and teaching. Our study showed that reflexive and "bottom-up" handover redesign can produce outcomes that harbour local fit, practitioner ownership and (to date) sustainability.
History
Publication title
Medical Journal of AustraliaVolume
190Issue
11Pagination
S133-S136ISSN
0025-729XDepartment/School
School of NursingPublisher
Australasian Med Publ Co LtdPlace of publication
Level 1, 76 Berry St, Sydney, Australia, Nsw, 2060Repository Status
- Restricted