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16266035

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
2005-11-3
pubmed:abstractText
Communication failures among physicians are a leading cause of medical errors. The resident sign-out sheet is the primary tool used by house staff to facilitate the sign-out process. The resident sign-out sheet is a structured report, with patient-specific information including demographics, such a patient's name, age, sex, room number, and attending physician; problem list; medications; and allergies. Some physicians use handwritten notes to keep track of this information, while others use freestanding word processor or database programs. In a previous study, the authors described serious inaccuracies in a manually updated word-processor based resident sign-out sheet used by pediatric residents at a tertiary-care children's hospital. An automated and integrated sign-out system (AISS) was subsequently developed that retrieves pertinent patient information from a computerized provider order entry (CPOE) system. The AISS generates a resident sign-out sheet, which includes demographic information, weight, current medications, allergies, and diet orders, as well as optional free-text information. The AISS has proven to be enormously popular, increasing physician acceptance of CPOE throughout the organization. This paper discusses lessons learned, including technical, design, and workflow aspects of an integrated resident sign-out sheet. The authors recommend that all future commercial CPOE systems incorporate physician sign-out tools such as the one described in this article.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
H
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
1099-811X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
19
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
68-74
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2005
pubmed:articleTitle
Improving physician communication through an automated, integrated sign-out system.
pubmed:affiliation
Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article