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SHARED maternity care: enhancing clinical communication in a private maternity hospital setting
Author(s) -
HattenMasterson Sara J,
Griffiths Marnie L
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2009.tb02624.x
Subject(s) - documentation , audit , chart , medicine , medical emergency , maternity care , shared care , clinical audit , nursing , family medicine , health care , computer science , business , primary care , statistics , mathematics , accounting , economics , programming language , economic growth
Midwives and visiting medical officers have a unique relationship within private hospital maternity settings. The effective exchange of accurate information between them is a fundamental element of patient safety and is vital to the success of the clinical handover process. The SHARED (situation, history, assessment, risk, expectation, documentation) project developed, implemented and evaluated a framework and support tools for improving clinical handover in two private maternity hospitals. The project included a pre‐ and post‐study design using clinician surveys, chart audits, patient satisfaction surveys and a review of clinical incident data. A standardised approach to handover, using the SHARED framework with a standardised minimum dataset, improves the accuracy and appropriateness of information.