Protocol for a stepped wedge cluster randomized quality improvement project to evaluate the impact of medical safety huddles on patient safety.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Physician engagement is crucial for furthering patient safety and quality improvement within healthcare organizations. Medical Safety Huddles, which are physician-specific huddles, is a novel way to engage physicians with patient safety and may reduce adverse events experienced by patients. We plan to conduct a multi-center quality improvement (QI) initiative to implement and evaluate Medical Safety Huddles. The primary objective is to determine the impact of the huddles on adverse events experienced by patients. Secondary objectives include assessing the impact of the huddles on patient safety culture and physician engagement, and a process evaluation to assess the fidelity of implementation.

Methods

This stepped wedge cluster randomized study will be conducted

SUBMITTER: Guo M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9483722 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature