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February 01, 2024 - Implementation Planning
If your organization decides that implementing part or all of the TeamSTEPPS curriculum would be of value, carefully think through how to implement and sustain what you intend to teach. Successful and sustainable implementation begins with effective implementation planning.
Basis of Im…
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January 01, 2024 - Measurement
Once the problem or challenge has been identified, measurement will play an important role in defining the magnitude of the problem, assessing the short-term reactions to the TeamSTEPPS training, and ultimately demonstrating improvements that follow TeamSTEPPS implementation.
Measurement is the pr…
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January 01, 2024 - Readiness Assessment
Investing in TeamSTEPPS typically requires one or more identifiable problems that are creating risks to patient safety, care quality, or operational efficiency that an organization or unit agrees they must resolve.
Are You Ready for TeamSTEPPS?
Determining whether your organization or u…
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As many as 50 to 70 percent of programs … Imagine your quality improvement program has failed!
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April 01, 2025 - PowerPoint Presentation
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October 01, 2024 - Patient Safety Research Program Diagnostic Safety Program Patient Safety Network (AHRQ PSNet) Making … Healthcare Safer Report Program Team Strategies and Tools to Enhance Performance and Patient Safety ( … TeamSTEPPS ® ) Program Patient Safety Organizations Division Director: Andrea Timashenka, J.D. … Healthcare-Associated Infections Program Combating Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria (CARB) Program Comprehensive … (SOPS) Program AHRQuality Indicators Program Healthcare Data and Analytics Division Director: Pamela
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October 01, 2024 - Slide 2
Failure in Quality Improvement Programs
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While not many studies have been conducted on … success or failure rates for quality improvement programs in healthcare, several articles in quality … journals have stated they believe that 50 to 70 percent of the organizational changes involving these programs … There are many reasons such programs can fail. … Implement your new plans and strategies together with your program to ensure your program is a success
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August 01, 2023 - Section 3: Teaching Mutual Support Key Concepts and Tools
TeamSTEPPS has been taught in a two-day format, is often taught in a half-day format, and is also frequently taught in smaller segments that are only 15–30 minutes long. In the introduction and each module, we provide advice to instructors on how to tea…
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June 01, 2023 - Section 2: Explanation of Mutual Support Key Concepts and Tools
This section contains explanations and illustrations to help you better understand and appreciate the importance of TeamSTEPPS mutual support concepts and tools. If you teach this content or want additional insights into how the material can be mor…
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July 01, 2023 - Tool: Check-Back (or Repeat-Back)
A check-back, which is sometimes called a repeat-back, is a closed-loop communication strategy used to verify and validate exchanged information. When a team member calls out information, they typically anticipate a check-back in response to verify that the information was rece…
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May 01, 2023 - Tool: Call-Out
A call-out is a tool used to communicate important or critical information. Call-outs inform all team members simultaneously during situations. Critical information called out in these situations helps the team anticipate and prepare for vital next steps in patient care. They also benefit a recor…
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June 01, 2023 - Tool: STEP
STEP is a mnemonic tool that can help individuals monitor critical elements of a situation and the overall environment. It is suitable for use by teams supporting acutely ill patients in a hospital (e.g., an ICU patient the team hopes to wean off a ventilator as quickly as possible), for teams in lon…
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June 01, 2023 - Tool: I'M SAFE Checklist
Being aware of, and honest about, your own physical, mental, and emotional health is a vital component of situation monitoring. “I’M SAFE” is a simple checklist that can be used to assess the ability of you or your team members to perform safely. While the checklist is simple, it is not…
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June 01, 2023 - Section 2: Explanation of Key Concepts and Tools
This section contains explanations and illustrations to help you better understand and appreciate the importance of situation monitoring and TeamSTEPPS situation monitoring tools. If you teach this content or want additional insights on how the material can be mo…
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June 01, 2023 - Section 1: Overview of Key Concepts and Tools
This section provides an overview of the key concepts and tools in the Situation Monitoring Module. More explanations and illustrations are provided in section 2 of this module ; methods for teaching the concepts and tools for this module are in section 3 . Inform…
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November 01, 2019 - Tool: SBAR
SBAR, which stands for Situation, Background, Assessment, and Recommendation (or Request), is a structured communication framework that can help teams share information about the condition of a patient or team member or about another issue your team needs to address.
In phrasing a conversation with…