Healthcare Innovation highlighted a recent study published by the Journal of Hospital Medicine that examined how the I-PASS handoff improvement program dramatically reduces medical errors stemming from handoff miscommunications. I-PASS co-founder Dr. Amy Starmer said, “Annually, thousands of patients are impacted by adverse events related to communication failures that may have been avoided with proper handoffs. By implementing a standardized process like I-PASS, clinicians can share consistent and highly reliable clinical information using an efficient structure that ensures providers have accurate and critical patient information.”

 Read the article to learn more about the JHM study and how the I-PASS handoff program reduces patient harm.