Abstract

The American Nurses Credentialing Center partners with sponsor Cerner to annually confer the $25,000 Pathway Award® to a Pathway to Excellence®-designated organization that demonstrates innovation and technology to enhance and enrich a positive practice environment for nurses. Twice Pathway- designated Union Hospital of Cecil County (UHCC) won the 2017 Pathway Award for its proposal titled "Every Hand-Off Face-to-Face." One year later, this column describes UHCC's efforts to improve hand-off communication with the implementation of electronic video technology.

Description

The authors would like to acknowledge Katie Boston Leary, Alex Wells, Joan Realdine, Mike Walker, Kerry Delasandro, Chris Lenz, Anne Lara, Erica Moretz, Devon Smith, and Jerry Miller for their contribution.

Author Details

Melissa Bates, DNP, RN, CDE; Steven McPherson, BSN, RN; and Jane McCurley, DNP, MBA, RN

Sigma Membership

Unknown

Lead Author Affiliation

American Nurses Credentialing Center, Silver Spring, Maryland, USA

Type

Article

Format Type

Text-based Document

Study Design/Type

Quality Improvement

Research Approach

Pilot/Exploratory Study

Keywords:

Technology, Patient Hand-Off, Patient Safety

Publisher

Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc.

Version

Publisher's Version

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Review Type

External Review: Previously Published Material

Acquisition

Self-submission

Date of Issue

2018-06-01

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