March 13, 2014

Multiple OR multidisciplinary team huddles promote ownership of process improvements

Huddles are hot. Experts cite them as effective patient safety tools, and many hospitals have implemented them on nursing units at the start of the shift. The perioperative services team at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tennessee, broadened the huddle concept to include several disciplines and a structured format, yielding improvements in patient safety and operational performance.

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