Emergency Physician Satisfaction and Accuracy of Paramedic Handover
Information: A pilot study
Abstract
Effective and accurate communication is of critical importance when
transferring patients between healthcare providers. The accuracy of
handover information transmission during these encounters has not been
well studied. From August 2010 to April 2011, a pilot study was
completed to examine physician satisfaction and physician accuracy
regarding the performance of prehospital interventions by paramedics.
Our findings suggest that physician overall satisfaction (3/5 Likert
score) and accuracy (16-44%) were low in our local milieu, suggesting
the need for improvement processes.