title: SBAR: electronic handoff tool for noncomplicated procedural patients.
abstract: Awareness for patient safety led a team to develop an electronic handoff communication tool for noncomplicated routine patients. The structure of SBAR (situation, background, assessment, and recommendation) was used when transferring patients to and from the progressive care unit and cardiac laboratories. The electronic SBAR gave staff a reliable and standard way to provide a patient handoff.
authors: Department of Nursing , Mayo Clinic, 200 First Street SW, Rochester, MN 55905, USA. wentworth.laura@mayo.edu
authors: Laura
authors: L
authors: Wentworth
authors: Jennifer
authors: J
authors: Diggins
authors: David
authors: D
authors: Bartel
authors: Mark
authors: M
authors: Johnson
authors: Jim
authors: J
authors: Hale
authors: Kim
authors: K
authors: Gaines
mesh_terms: D006328:Cardiac Catheterization; D054849:Cardiac Electrophysiology; D003142:Communication; D003266:Continuity of Patient Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006757:Hospital Units; D006801:Humans; D007755:Laboratories, Hospital; D016347:Medical Records Systems, Computerized; D015401:Nursing Administration Research; D009732:Nursing Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research; D010360:Patient Transfer / Q000379:methods*; D010865:Pilot Projects; D011383:Progressive Patient Care