The Picker Institute offers a free pocket card developed by University of Chicago Medical Center researchers to guide safe end-of-year patient handoffs in an internal medicine residency clinic.
The CLINIC SAFE pocket card is part of a University of Chicago project called Engineering Patient Oriented Clinic Handoffs, or EPOCH. The goal is to make the year-end handoff process in an internal medicine residency clinic more patient-centered. The pocket card includes the following tips:
• Clearly notify patients
• Look over patient panels
• Identify high risk patients
• New PCP sign-out
• Insist patients follow up
• Call patients who miss visits
• Study follow-up promptly
• Assume care immediately and promote ownership
• Find patients who fall through cracks
• Encourage supervision
Download the CLINIC SAFE pocket card for use in your own facility.
Note: View our database providing more than 400 reports that link to free downloadable and adaptable tools for use in surgery centers, hospitals and other organizations by clicking here.
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The CLINIC SAFE pocket card is part of a University of Chicago project called Engineering Patient Oriented Clinic Handoffs, or EPOCH. The goal is to make the year-end handoff process in an internal medicine residency clinic more patient-centered. The pocket card includes the following tips:
• Clearly notify patients
• Look over patient panels
• Identify high risk patients
• New PCP sign-out
• Insist patients follow up
• Call patients who miss visits
• Study follow-up promptly
• Assume care immediately and promote ownership
• Find patients who fall through cracks
• Encourage supervision
Download the CLINIC SAFE pocket card for use in your own facility.
Note: View our database providing more than 400 reports that link to free downloadable and adaptable tools for use in surgery centers, hospitals and other organizations by clicking here.
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