Huth, Kathleen
Schwartz, Sarah
Li, Shelly-Anne
Weiser, Natalie
Mahant, Sanjay
Landrigan, Christopher P.
Spector, Nancy D.
Starmer, Amy J.
West, Daniel C.
Coffey, Maitreya
Bismilla, Zia
Funding for this research was provided by:
Physicians' Services Incorporated Foundation (#11-28)
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (R18 AE000029)
Article History
Received: 26 June 2018
Accepted: 19 November 2018
First Online: 11 December 2018
Compliance with ethical standards
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: The study was supported by funding from: (1) improving resident handoff in teaching hospitals: understanding implementation and effectiveness of a handoff bundle. Coffey M, Starmer A, Mahant S, Matlow A, Bismilla Z, Landrigan C. Physician Services Incorporated Health Research Grant. ($154,820 2011–2013). (2) Building Effective Resident Hand Off Practices To Improve Patient Safety. Landrigan C et al. U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services (ARRA funding) ($3,000,000—2010–2013)
: Drs. Landrigan, West, Spector and Starmer have consulted with and hold equity in the I-PASS Patient Safety Institute, which seeks to train institutions in best handoff practices and aid in their implementation. Drs. Starmer, Spector, and West reported receiving honoraria and travel reimbursement from multiple academic and professional organizations for delivering lectures on handoffs and patient safety. Dr. Landrigan has been supported in part by the Children’s Hospital Association for his work as an Executive Council member of the Pediatric Research in Inpatient Settings (PRIS) network. In addition, Dr. Landrigan has received monetary awards, honoraria, and travel reimbursement from multiple academic and professional organizations for teaching and consulting on sleep deprivation, physician performance, handoffs, and safety, and has served as an expert witness in cases regarding patient safety and sleep deprivation.
: The study was approved by the Hospital for Sick Children Research Ethics Board.