Sustainability and Effectiveness of a Quality Improvement Project to Improve Handoffs to Night Float Residents in an Internal Medicine Residency Program

摘要

BackgroundHandoff is the process in which patient care is transitioned from one provider to another. In teaching hospitals, handoffs are frequent, and resident duty hour restrictions have increased the use of night float staff. To date, few studies have focused on long-term sustainability and effectiveness of a handoff quality improvement project.