Abstract
Throughout their hospitalization, patients will be cared for by many different health care providers. This creates opportunities for error when clinical information is not accurately transferred between providers during handoffs in care. The primary objective of sign-out is the accurate transfer of information about a patient's state and plan of care from one set of health care providers to another (Patterson et al., 2004). Sign-out processes vary from hospital to hospital and unit to unit. In order to create a structured and effective exchange of information during sign-out, the cardiovascular surgical team at University Health Network implemented an electronic sign-out tool.
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