Handover of patient information from the crisis assessment and treatment team to the inpatient psychiatric unit

摘要: Handover, or the communication of patient information between clinicians, is a fundamental component health care. Psychiatric settings are dynamic environments relying on timely and accurate to plan care manage risk. Crisis assessment treatment teams primary interface community mental services in many Australian international services, facilitating access assessment, treatment, admission hospital. No previous research has investigated handover crisis inpatient psychiatric units, despite importance planning. The aim present study was identify nature types transferred during these handovers, explore how guides initial An observational, exploratory design used. A 20-item observation tool used observe 19 occasions handover. prospective audit undertaken clinical documentation arising from admission. Clinical information, including history state, were handed over consistently; however, about consumer preferences reported less consistently. identified lack attention at handover, current focus recovery-oriented models for care, centrality respecting within recovery paradigm.