Authors Form (text type) of Structure (ordering of Summary of the evidence Findings Quality (year), documentation information) of for content of information Appraisal* country documentation McMurray et Whole pathway For communication Provider details Documentation is a control **** al. 201312 between health mechanism that identifies Post-operative care Canada professionals about service needs and informs patients aged 65 years resource allocation in and older following hip subsequent settings fracture surgery Documentation provides some data about patients but it is rarely complete Information exchanges within organisations are more likely to consider the needs of clinicians rather than those exchanges occurring between organisations Continuity of care is affected by missing, late or unnecessary documentation; duplication of data collection; and lack of integration of electronic systems Weinger et al. Elements of key Post-operative handovers Situation: Proportion of acceptable *** 20155 USA information following between anaesthesia handovers increased Patient name, age and weight SBAR format providers (APs) and significantly from 7% to Anaesthetic type PACU registered nurses. 70% in the PACU from Fitness of surgery For adult and child the baseline to the movements following time period and Procedure information anaesthesia from 22% to 72% Allergies in the paediatric
Authors (year), country Form (text type) of documentation Structure (ordering of information) of documentation Summary of the evidence for content of information Findings Quality Appraisal* McMurray et al. 201312 Canada Whole pathway For communication between health professionals about patients aged 65 years and older following hip fracture surgery Provider details Post-operative care Documentation is a control mechanism that identifies service needs and informs resource allocation in subsequent settings Documentation provides some data about patients but it is rarely complete Information exchanges within organisations are more likely to consider the needs of clinicians rather than those exchanges occurring between organisations Continuity of care is affected by missing, late or unnecessary documentation; duplication of data collection; and lack of integration of electronic systems **** Weinger et al. 20155 USA Elements of key information following SBAR format Post-operative handovers between anaesthesia providers (APs) and PACU registered nurses. For adult and child movements following anaesthesia Situation: Patient name, age and weight Anaesthetic type Fitness of surgery Procedure information Allergies Proportion of acceptable handovers increased significantly from 7% to 70% in the PACU from the baseline to the time period and from 22% to 72% in the paediatric ***
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