title: The tangible handoff: a team approach for advancing structured communication in labor and delivery.
abstract: The tangible handoff tool, a standardized, patient-specific, two-sided pocket card that guides nurses through transfer of care at each shift, is intended to improve continuity and coordination of care in labor and delivery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, Hackensack University Medical Center, Hackensack, New Jersey, USA. MBlock@humed.com
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Block
authors.forename: Jean F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Ehrenworth
authors.forename: Virginia M
authors.initials: VM
authors.lastname: Cuce
authors.forename: Njoki
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ng'ang'a
authors.forename: Jacqueline
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Weinbach
authors.forename: Shelley B
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Saber
authors.forename: Milija
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Milic
authors.forename: Judith A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Urgo
authors.forename: Desiree
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Sokoli
authors.forename: Mark D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Schlesinger
mesh_terms: D003266:Continuity of Patient Care / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D004282:Documentation / Q000592:standards; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D033183:Interdisciplinary Communication; D007743:Labor, Obstetric; D009515:New Jersey; D009773:Obstetric Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards; D009775:Obstetrics and Gynecology Department, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D019982:Organizational Case Studies; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D010348:Patient Care Team / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D011247:Pregnancy; D017751:Safety Management / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D000078329:Workforce