# Hospital Admissions and Outcomes

**Type:** Topics  
**Canonical URL:** https://scholariq.org/topics/hospital-admissions-and-outcomes/

## Facts

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Description | This cluster of papers focuses on the impact of hospital handoffs, resident duty hours, and weekend admission on patient safety, medical errors, and continuity of care. It explores communication failures, strategies for improvement, and the effects of duty hour restrictions on patient outcomes. The cluster also addresses the use of SBAR technique, nursing handover practices, and the overall quality of care during hospital handoffs. |
| Domain | Health Sciences |
| Field | Medicine |
| OpenAlex ID | t12174 |
| Works | 195 |

## Topic papers all

Showing 15 of 195.

- [Burnout and Medical Errors Among American Surgeons](https://scholariq.org/papers/burnout-and-medical-errors-among-american-surgeons/)
- [Mortality among Patients Admitted to Hospitals on Weekends as Compared with Weekdays](https://scholariq.org/papers/mortality-among-patients-admitted-to-hospitals-on-weekends-as-compared-with/)
- [Preventing 30-Day Hospital Readmissions](https://scholariq.org/papers/preventing-30-day-hospital-readmissions/)
- [Changes in Medical Errors after Implementation of a Handoff Program](https://scholariq.org/papers/changes-in-medical-errors-after-implementation-of-a-handoff-program/)
- [Patterns of Communication Breakdowns Resulting in Injury to Surgical Patients](https://scholariq.org/papers/patterns-of-communication-breakdowns-resulting-in-injury-to-surgical-patients/)
- [American Society of Hematology 2018 guidelines for management of venous thromboembolism: prophylaxis for hospitalized and nonhospitalized medical patients](https://scholariq.org/papers/american-society-of-hematology-2018-guidelines-for-management-of-venous/)
- [Physician Burnout, Well-being, and Work Unit Safety Grades in Relationship to Reported Medical Errors](https://scholariq.org/papers/physician-burnout-well-being-and-work-unit-safety-grades-in-relationship-to/)
- [Fatigue among Clinicians and the Safety of Patients](https://scholariq.org/papers/fatigue-among-clinicians-and-the-safety-of-patients/)
- [Operating Room Teamwork among Physicians and Nurses: Teamwork in the Eye of the Beholder](https://scholariq.org/papers/operating-room-teamwork-among-physicians-and-nurses-teamwork-in-the-eye-of-the/)
- [‘Care left undone’ during nursing shifts: associations with workload and perceived quality of care](https://scholariq.org/papers/care-left-undone-during-nursing-shifts-associations-with-workload-and-perceived/)
- [Effects of workload, work complexity, and repeated alerts on alert fatigue in a clinical decision support system](https://scholariq.org/papers/effects-of-workload-work-complexity-and-repeated-alerts-on-alert-fatigue-in-a/)
- [Disruptions in surgical flow and their relationship to surgical errors: An exploratory investigation](https://scholariq.org/papers/disruptions-in-surgical-flow-and-their-relationship-to-surgical-errors-an/)
- [Estimating Hospital Deaths Due to Medical Errors](https://scholariq.org/papers/estimating-hospital-deaths-due-to-medical-errors/)
- [Daily steps and all-cause mortality: a meta-analysis of 15 international cohorts](https://scholariq.org/papers/daily-steps-and-all-cause-mortality-a-meta-analysis-of-15-international-cohorts/)
- [Post-operative mortality, missed care and nurse staffing in nine countries: A cross-sectional study](https://scholariq.org/papers/post-operative-mortality-missed-care-and-nurse-staffing-in-nine-countries-a/)

## Topic primary papers

Showing 15 of 61.

- [Mortality among Patients Admitted to Hospitals on Weekends as Compared with Weekdays](https://scholariq.org/papers/mortality-among-patients-admitted-to-hospitals-on-weekends-as-compared-with/)
- [Changes in Medical Errors after Implementation of a Handoff Program](https://scholariq.org/papers/changes-in-medical-errors-after-implementation-of-a-handoff-program/)
- [Patterns of Communication Breakdowns Resulting in Injury to Surgical Patients](https://scholariq.org/papers/patterns-of-communication-breakdowns-resulting-in-injury-to-surgical-patients/)
- [What impact does nursing care left undone have on patient outcomes? Review of the literature](https://scholariq.org/papers/what-impact-does-nursing-care-left-undone-have-on-patient-outcomes-review-of-the/)
- [Rates of Medical Errors and Preventable Adverse Events Among Hospitalized Children Following Implementation of a Resident Handoff Bundle](https://scholariq.org/papers/rates-of-medical-errors-and-preventable-adverse-events-among-hospitalized/)
- [I-PASS, a Mnemonic to Standardize Verbal Handoffs](https://scholariq.org/papers/i-pass-a-mnemonic-to-standardize-verbal-handoffs/)
- [Patient Mortality Is Associated With Staff Resources and Workload in the ICU](https://scholariq.org/papers/patient-mortality-is-associated-with-staff-resources-and-workload-in-the-icu/)
- [Patient safety culture among nurses](https://scholariq.org/papers/patient-safety-culture-among-nurses/)
- [Sleep Deprivation in Resident Physicians, Work Hour Limitations, and Related Outcomes: A Systematic Review of the Literature](https://scholariq.org/papers/sleep-deprivation-in-resident-physicians-work-hour-limitations-and-related/)
- [Impact of reduction in working hours for doctors in training on postgraduate medical education and patients' outcomes: systematic review](https://scholariq.org/papers/impact-of-reduction-in-working-hours-for-doctors-in-training-on-postgraduate/)
- [Development, Implementation, and Dissemination of the I-PASS Handoff Curriculum](https://scholariq.org/papers/development-implementation-and-dissemination-of-the-i-pass-handoff-curriculum/)
- [Surgeon Information Transfer and Communication](https://scholariq.org/papers/surgeon-information-transfer-and-communication/)
- [Is the “sterile cockpit” concept applicable to cardiovascular surgery critical intervals or critical events? The impact of protocol-driven communication during cardiopulmonary bypass](https://scholariq.org/papers/is-the-sterile-cockpit-concept-applicable-to-cardiovascular-surgery-critical/)
- [What Whiteboards in a Trauma Center Operating Suite Can Teach Us About Emergency Department Communication](https://scholariq.org/papers/what-whiteboards-in-a-trauma-center-operating-suite-can-teach-us-about-emergency/)
- [Outcomes of Daytime Procedures Performed by Attending Surgeons after Night Work](https://scholariq.org/papers/outcomes-of-daytime-procedures-performed-by-attending-surgeons-after-night-work/)

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