Time Outs Take Teamwork Improving Patient Safety for Bedside Procedures

Authors

Thana Theofanis, MD, Thomas Jefferson UniversityFollow
Adam Johnson, MD, MPH, Thomas Jefferson UniversityFollow
Jennifer Harris, MD, Thomas Jefferson UniversityFollow
Elly Fitzpatrick, RN, Thomas Jefferson UniversityFollow
Darlene Rosendale, RN, Thomas Jefferson UniversityFollow
Rebecca Jaffe, MD, Thomas Jefferson UniversityFollow

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Description

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%

Publication Date

6-6-2019

City

Philadelphia

Keywords

quality improvement, patient safety, bedside procedure

Disciplines

Medicine and Health Sciences

Comments

Presented at the 2019 House Staff Quality Improvement and Patient Safety Conference

Recommended Citation

Theofanis, MD, Thana; Johnson, MD, MPH, Adam; Harris, MD, Jennifer; Fitzpatrick, RN, Elly; Rosendale, RN, Darlene; and Jaffe, MD, Rebecca, "Time Outs Take Teamwork Improving Patient Safety for Bedside Procedures" (2019). House Staff Quality Improvement and Patient Safety Conference (2016-2019). Poster 129.
https://jdc.jefferson.edu/patientsafetyposters/129