Table 1.

Table 1 Coding Categories for the Patient Handoff Tool (PHT) Paper Forms and Percentage of PHT Paper Forms Containing each Category of Patient Information (n = 1216)

	%
PHT Coding Category
1. Provider name	91
2. Team name/color	100
3. Provider pager Number	75
4. Patient name	100
5. Patient age	100
6. Patient sex	100
7. Patient race	31
8. Patient location	99
9. Patient social security Number	100
10. Active medication list	99
11. Allergies	45
12. Code Status	25
13. Admission date	0.01
Coding categories for extracted physician note
14. Assessment of the patient's presentation (e.g., reason for hospitalization, clinical judgment)	7
15. Active problem list	92
16. Past medical history (Long term illnesses, e.g., hypertension, CHF, DM, COPD, CKD, cirrhosis, hyper/hypothyroidism, CAD)	84
17. Venous/instrumentation access	3
18. Pertinent Laboratory data	62
19. Tests	49
20. Short-term concerns (e.g., concerns for the next 18–24 hours and a recommended course of action, “to do” lists)	93
21. Long-term plan (e.g., “patient may leave this afternoon if he has a ride” or “discharge to nursing home” or “how many days expected to be hospitalized”)	20
22. Psychosocial concerns (e.g., which family members are present)	10

CHF = congestive heart failure; DM = diabetes mellitus; COPD = congestive obstructive pulmonary disease; CKD = chronic kidney disease; CAD = coronary artery disease.

Note: for each category, the information was coded as either present ¹ or absent (0).