Clinical handovers have been a concern for patient safety since the publication of To Err is Human in 1999. While mnemonic devices have been created to ensure safe handovers, no universal framework describes their clinical processes and functions.
In this scoping review under the Oxford University Press, Dr Amos Yung and Prof. Bernadette Watson from our International Research Centre for the Advancement of Health Communication and Dr C S Pak (MBBS) developed a taxonomy from 42 identified handover mnemonics. The taxonomy contains three processes and twenty functions, including medical history, medical evaluation, care plans, and patient information. Communication manner and information validation were also identified. This taxonomy may aid medical practitioners in creating a clinical handover mnemonic appropriate for their workplace.
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