title: Bedside Shift-to-Shift Handoffs: A Systematic Review of the Literature.
abstract: Multiple institutions identify communication and shift-to-shift handoffs as a source of clinical errors. Conducting handoffs at the bedside has been proposed as a potential solution to improve the quality of communication at change of shift. This article reports a systematic review of English-language research articles, published between January 1, 2008, and October 31, 2014, focused on bedside shift-to-shift handoffs. Forty-one articles were identified and analyzed in this systematic review.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham (Messrs T. Mardis and M. Mardis and Dr Riesenberg); Sidney Kimmel Medical College (Mr Davis) and Department of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics (Dr Donnelly), Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; and Christiana Care Health System, Newark, Delaware (Mss Justice and Holdinsky and Drs Donnelly and Ragozine-Bush).
authors.forename: Tyler
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Mardis
authors.forename: Matt
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mardis
authors.forename: Joshua
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Davis
authors.forename: Ellen M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Justice
authors.forename: Stacie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Riley Holdinsky
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Donnelly
authors.forename: Heather
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ragozine-Bush
authors.forename: Lee Ann
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Riesenberg
mesh_terms: D003142:Communication; D006801:Humans; D010043:Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care; D062209:Patient Handoff; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D057566:Self Report