Miscommunications and handoff errors are 2 leading causes of preventable medical errors
in the US. In an effort to decrease these types of errors when transferring patients
from one facility to another, the New Jersey (NJ) Universal Transfer Form (UTF) was
jointly developed by providers, hospital administrators, and the New Jersey Department
of Health in 2011 to standardize the communication of pertinent clinical information
during care transitions. The UTF serves as an important tool for relaying information
especially in the Post-Acute and Long-Term Care (PALTC) Arena when PALTC residents
are transitioned to and from hospitals. The tool has been in use since 2011 but major
gaps still exist in physicians’ understanding of the availability of this tool and
hence its utilization.
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