Handover Solutions
- Inter-professional communication and team climate in complex clinical handover situations (in the Post Anaesthesia Care Unit): issues for safety in the private sector (PDF 40 KB) – Deakin University (work to be undertaken at the Epworth, Cabrini and Alfred Hospitals) (November 2007)
Revolving doors – Effective communication in the handover of mental health patients to community health practitioners (PDF 22 KB) - St John of God Health Care – NSW Services (November 2007)
SHAREing Obstetric Care- Clinical handover between VMOs and Midwives (PDF 45 KB) - Mater Health Services Brisbane Limited (November 2007)
ISBAR revisited: Identifying and Solving BARriers to Effective Handover in Interhospital Transfer – Hunter New England Area Health Service (February 2008) (PDF 29 KB)
Improving Residential Aged Care Facility to Hospital Clinical Handover (PDF 23 KB) – GPpartners (February 2008)
Communication Training
- TeamSTEPPSTM (PDF 18 KB) - South Australian Department of Health Clinical Systems Unit and South Australian Health Services (August 2007)
The PACT Program – Communication training and team training to support handover (PDF 26 KB) - Albury-Wodonga Private Hospital – Ramsay Healthcare (November 2007)
Guidelines for Electronic Clinical Handover Tools
- SafeTECH – Safe tools for electronic clinical handover – South Australian Department of Health, University of South Australia and University of Tasmania (February 2008)
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