Huddling for high reliability and situation awareness.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Studies show that implementing huddles in healthcare can improve a variety of outcomes. Yet little is known about the mechanisms through which huddles exert their effects. To help remedy this gap, our study objectives were to explore hospital administrator and frontline staff perspectives on the benefits and challenges of implementing a tiered huddle system; and propose a model based on our findings depicting the mediating pathways through which implementing a huddle system may reduce patient harm.

Methods

Using qualitative methods, we conducted semi-structured interviews and focus groups to obtain a deeper understanding of the huddle system and its outcomes as implemented in an academic tertiary care children's hospital with 539 inpatient beds. We recruited healt

SUBMITTER: Goldenhar LM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6288816 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature