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Area of Science:

  • Medical Informatics
  • Patient Safety
  • Healthcare Quality Improvement

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  • Inaccurate patient handoff (sign-out) information can lead to adverse events.
  • Limited understanding exists regarding the content of written sign-outs and their evolution during a hospital stay.

Discussion:

  • Sign-out content varies significantly between initial and subsequent hospital days.
  • Increased patient census correlates with a reduction in the number of key elements included in sign-outs.
  • Language in subsequent day sign-outs tends to be vaguer compared to initial entries.

Key Insights:

  • Initial sign-outs averaged 7.54 key components.
  • Subsequent day sign-outs, while containing more of certain elements, were characterized by vaguer language.
  • A statistically significant inverse relationship was observed between patient census and the number of sign-out elements (r = -0.295, P < 0.01).

Outlook:

  • Future interventions aimed at enhancing sign-out quality must account for temporal changes in content.
  • Strategies should address the impact of healthcare team workload on the completeness and clarity of patient information transfer.