Computers, informatics, nursing : CIN
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Nursing shift report is vital for patient care. Accordingly, healthcare facilities have made great efforts to establish a standardized nurse-to-nurse shift handoff process to ensure patient care quality. The purpose of this study was to determine whether the use of a standardized mobile intershift handoff system would affect the quality of nursing documentation. ⋯ Although overall compliance rates among inpatient units varied, the statistical test showed that the pattern of changes was consistent. As more items were added to the new handoff system for reminder purposes, documentation compliance increased; however, since the new handoff system did not include nursing diagnosis, patient outcome tracking compliance was reduced. The results of the study reveal that implementing a standardized point-of-care handoff system could improve nursing documentation compliance and quality.