Handoff, handover or shift report are referring to the first 15 to 30 minutes in the begin of the shift when the …show more content…
It is supposed to give a complete picture about the patient's condition and the care planning, procedure and treatment. Shift report or handover provides Respiratory therapist the timeframe to functions, priorities Patients. Handover is varying from hospital to hospital and vary from department to another according the specialization. It is mandatory for some of the hospital to have face to face handover other hospitals you have to hand a written and verbal per there policy.
Literature Review a systematic review conducted to evaluates the current evidence on the effectiveness of electronic tool used to support shift-to-shift handoff. the researcher searched for all studies published between January 1, 2008, and September 19, 2014 in the National Library of Medicine PubMed, EBSCO CINAHL, OvidSP All Journals, and ProQuest PsycINFO. It was considering just the study evaluation of physician shift-to-shift handoffs has an electronic tool or solution designed to support handoffs. the eligibility Inclusion Exclusion criteria for this systematic review were to including all Articles meeting the following:
1. English