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House Staff Quality Improvement and Patient Safety Conference (2016-2019)

2019

Bedside procedure

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Time Outs Take Teamwork Improving Patient Safety For Bedside Procedures, Thana Theofanis, Md, Adam Johnson, Md, Mph, Jennifer Harris, Md, Elly Fitzpatrick, Rn, Darlene Rosendale, Rn, Rebecca Jaffe, Md Jun 2019

Time Outs Take Teamwork Improving Patient Safety For Bedside Procedures, Thana Theofanis, Md, Adam Johnson, Md, Mph, Jennifer Harris, Md, Elly Fitzpatrick, Rn, Darlene Rosendale, Rn, Rebecca Jaffe, Md

House Staff Quality Improvement and Patient Safety Conference (2016-2019)

Aims for Improvement

Mission: Improve patient safety through increasing interprofessional collaboration and empowerment in the peri procedural time periods.

Aims

  • Increase rate of high quality time outs performed prior to bedside procedures by 50%
  • Increase rate of accurate and timely timeout documentation by 50%