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Handover in psychiatric settings: is change needed?

Michelle Cleary¹, Garry Walter, Jan Horsfall

¹Research Unit, Sydney South West Area Mental Health Service, New South Wales, Australia. cleary@email.cs.nsw.gov.au

Journal of Psychosocial Nursing and Mental Health Services

|April 14, 2009

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Effective patient handover in mental health is vital due to staff changes. Supplementing verbal handover with computer data can improve accuracy and efficiency, ensuring better service delivery.

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Assessment and Communication for People with Disorders of Consciousness

Assessment and Communication for People with Disorders of Consciousness

Published on: August 1, 2017

Area of Science:

Psychiatry
Healthcare Management
Clinical Communication

Background:

Handover is a traditional practice in mental health settings, consuming significant daily time.
Limited attention has been paid to handover in psychiatric literature despite its importance.
Increasing staff turnover and reliance on temporary staff necessitate efficient information transfer.

Purpose of the Study:

To examine the practice of handover in mental health.
To explore optimal strategies for enhancing service delivery through improved handover processes.
To address information loss and accuracy issues in patient handovers.

Main Methods:

Literature review and conceptual analysis of handover practices.
Exploration of supplementing verbal handover with computer-generated patient data.
Consideration of maintaining face-to-face interaction within handover.

Main Results:

Verbal handover, while traditional, is prone to information loss and inaccuracies.
Combining verbal handover with computer-generated data offers a potential solution.
This hybrid approach may reduce unproductive time while preserving essential human interaction.

Conclusions:

Optimizing handover is crucial for enhancing mental health service delivery.
Supplementing verbal handover with technology can improve information accuracy and efficiency.
Further research is required to evaluate the effectiveness of combined handover systems.