For physician hand-offs, does the same process have to be used throughout the hospital. Can different specialties use different methods of communication within their call group?
A. In the case of physician hand-offs, the process may vary among different specialties or settings of care. For a given setting or patient population or specialty, the process should be reasonably standardized in order that sufficient patient-specific information is consistently communicated to facilitate continuity of care and patient safety. Whatever the details of the hand-off process, there must be a defined minimum set of data about each patient that must be communicated when responsibility for the patient’s care is handed off.
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