Methods Using quality improvement methodology, safety huddles were tested with four front-
line teams in one large acute hospital trust. The wards focused on a harm area to improve; …

Abstract Background The Patient Safety Huddle (PSH) is a brief multidisciplinary daily
meeting held to discuss threats to patient safety and actions to mitigate risk. Despite growing …

Introduction The majority of preventable deaths in healthcare are due to errors on general
wards. Staff perceptions of safety correlate with patient survival, but effectively translating …

It is broadly recognised that everyone has a role in making healthcare safe, 1 yet hospitals
continue to struggle with incorporating frontline physicians in quality improvement and …

Background: A recent initiative in hospital settings is the patient safety huddle (PSH): a brief
multidisciplinary meeting held to highlight patient safety issues and actions to mitigate …

Objective This article is an exploration of views and experiences of Patient Safety
Walkrounds, a widely recommended strategy for identifying patient safety problems and …

Today, in 21st century healthcare at least 10% of hospitalised patients are subjected to
some degree of unintended harm as a result of the treatment they receive. Despite the …

The evidence is clear: a strong culture of safety is necessary to deliver reliably safe care. 1
Safety culture encompasses a group's shared values, assumptions, attitudes and patterns of …

Article-at-a-Glance Background Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) began Patient Safety
Leadership WalkRounds™ in January 2001; its experience, along with that of three other …

Background Despite significant advances, patient safety remains a critical public health
concern. Daily huddles—discussions to identify and respond to safety risks—have been …