Outcomes Before Intervention After Intervention
Medical error rate 33.8 per 100 admissions 18.3 per 100 admissions
Preventable adverse events rate 3.3 per 100 admissions 1.5 per 100 admissions
Percentage of time spent at the patient’s bedside in a 24 hour period 8.3 hours 10.6 hours
Average duration of verbal handoffs No change
Table 2: Outcomes before and after intervention of handoff program [31].