From the Blogs: What's Your Sign(out)?

Harrison Reed, PA-C, discusses key concepts and pitfalls of patient handoff between clinicians, and solicits ideas on successful approaches to the process, in this week's In Practice blog post.

Sign-out — the passing along of patient information from clinician to clinician at shift change — is a make-or-break moment in patient care, reflects Harrison Reed, PA-C. So, what makes a successful sign-out? If you're on the delivering end, encourage questions. If you're on the receiving end, don't retrospectively judge preceding clinicians' decisions. He offers other suggestions and asks readers for theirs in this week's In Practice blog post.

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From the Blogs: What's Your Sign(out)?

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