Activity ID
2078Expires
November 5, 2027Format Type
InternetCME Credit
1Fee
$0-$50CME Provider: Louisiana Medical Mutual Insurance Company (LAMMICO)
Description of CME Course
The ED is an error-prone environment, and is perhaps the most handoff-intense setting in all of healthcare. While sign-out is a point where error may be introduced, it is also a point where error may be caught and corrected. Standardized handoff procedures are used in other high risk industries and have been shown to reduce adverse events, but little research has been done on handoffs in the ED, and few EDs have adopted a standardized handoff procedure. This monograph will review and offer an assessment of what can be learned from the most current studies, resources and tools specific to this procedure and setting.
Diplomate Engagement
Correct answers to the post-test; comparative performance to peers; recommended literature or other resources (presentations, audio/video, checklists, etc.); post-activity follow up.
ABMS Member Board Approvals by Type
ABMS Lifelong Learning CME Activity
Family Medicine
Commercial Support?
NoNOTE: If a Member Board has not deemed this activity for MOC approval as an accredited CME activity, this activity may count toward an ABMS Member Board’s general CME requirement. Please refer directly to your Member Board’s MOC Part II Lifelong Learning and Self-Assessment Program Requirements.
Educational Objectives
To describe the evidence linking inadequate handoffs in the ED to adverse events.
To describe the evidence linking standardized ED handoffs to improved outcomes.
To describe the limitations and barriers to implementing a standardized ED handoff procedure.
To identify and access a handoff tool or template appropriate for your practice setting.
Keywords
ED Sign-out, ED Handoff, Safer Sign-outs, Inadequate Handoff Communication, Adverse Events and Handoffs, ED Rounding and Handoffs, Handoff Tools, Improving ED Handoffs
Competencies
Interpersonal & Communication Skills, Patient Care & Procedural Skills, Practice-based Learning & Improvement, Systems-based Practice
CME Credit Type
AMA PRA Category 1 Credit
Practice Setting
Academic Medicine, Outpatient, Physician Executives, Rural, Urban, VA/Military
National Quality Strategies and/or Quadruple Aim Care Processes
Communication Skills, Patient Safety/Medical Errors, Quality Improvement, Interprofessional
