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title: "Harvard Medical School: Improved Hospital ‘Handoffs’ Cut Adverse Events by Almost Half"
description: Boston Children’s Hospital (BCH) recently highlighted a study showing that structured I-PASS handoffs cut adverse event rates in half across hospitals of varying sizes, settings, and patient populations.
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## Harvard Medical School: Improved Hospital ‘Handoffs’ Cut Adverse Events by Almost Half

Earlier this month, [Harvard Medical School featured](https://hms.harvard.edu/news/improved-hospital-handoffs-cut-adverse-events-almost-half) an I-PASS study that was published by the *Journal of Hospital Medicine*. The study demonstrated that the I-PASS program is both effective and adaptable in decreasing adverse events across a wide set of provider types and care settings. In addition to highlighting key study findings, Harvard Medical School discussed the I-PASS mnemonic, other successful I-PASS studies, and two I-PASS co-founders, Dr. Landrigan and Dr. Starmer, who set out to create a universal handoff language. 

[Read the complete study](https://shmpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jhm.12979) in the *Journal of Hospital Medicine.* 

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