Safer Sign Out Toolkit Now Available! Register to Download the Toolkit Resources Include: Implementation Introductory Letter Aids in informing leadership and staff about Safer Sign Out and intention to implement in your emergency department. Director’s Implementation Guide & Checklist Helps guide directors and project champions to successfully setup, monitor and maintain the process…as easy as 1,2,3….It includes pearls, pitfalls and best practices to help you...

“Sign out is the most dangerous procedure in the Emergency Department” Charles ‘Chaz’ Schoenfeld, MD (1950-2010) Support for standardizing sign out: Up to 80% of serious medical errors involve miscommunication during handoffs (The Joint Commission et al 2005) Up to 24% of ED malpractice claims involve faulty handoffs (Cheung et al 2010) Typical verbal with note-taking style handoffs had high rates of data loss (D. Pothier, et al 2005) Written form with verbal...

What is Safer Sign Out? Safer Sign Out is a patient-centered, team-based innovation that was developed by emergency physicians to improve the safety and reliability of end of shift patient “handoffs.” The Emergency Medicine Patient Safety Foundation (EMPSF), in collaboration with our innovation partners, brings you the Safer Sign Out protocol to help reduce risk, increase effectiveness and improve clinician and patient satisfaction. Use this site to aid with...

Each of the key components of Safer Sign Out is designed to decrease vulnerability and provide high reliability to the physician sign out process. Initially developed for the emergency department setting, this process can be applied to other physician clinical areas. The Key Components of Safer Sign Out   Record Patient, Critical Details, Follow-up Items Use a recordable form to serve as a checklist & communication tool Review SSO Form &...

Safer Sign Out Toolkit Now Available! Register to Download the Toolkit Resources Include: Implementation Introductory Letter Aids in informing leadership and staff about Safer Sign Out and intention to implement in your emergency department. Director’s Implementation Guide & Checklist Helps guide directors and project champions to successfully setup, monitor and maintain the process…as easy as 1,2,3….It includes pearls, pitfalls and best practices to help you...

Simple Steps for Implementation Recruit a Physician Champion to help lead Educate your physicians & nurses Use a professionally designed sign out form Utilize the sign out form to aid with QA Share your...

ASHRM 2nd Quarter 2014 Newsletter Pages 2-3 Patient Safety – Your Emergency Department Can Achieve High Reliability and Safety with Physician Sign Out ED Management – August 2013: Vol. 25, No. 8 Pages 85-96 New tool aims to standardize handoffs in the ED, boosting safety and preventing communication failures  Urgent Matters Fall Newsletter Innovations: Safer Sign Out– Transcending the Silos for Higher Reliability in Handoff Communication Urgent Matters...

Need a physician leader to present to your administrative team or physicians?   Break Through Barriers Reach your physicians and leadership teams with the right messages, practical experience, and first-hand knowledge of local and multi-hospital implementations. Contact us to arrange for a practicing emergency physician and safety expert to come to your hospital and get you started.   Contact EMPSF to learn more Dianne Vass, Exec Director 888.294.4624...