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Rapid Response Team: Rapid response teams represent an intuitively simple concept: when a patient demonstrates signs of imminent clinical deterioration, a team of providers is summoned to the bedside to immediately assess and treat the patient with the goal of preventing adverse clinical outcomes... Read Full Glossary Entry >

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STUDY

Differences in outcomes between ICU attending and senior resident physician led medical emergency team responses.

Morris DS, Schweickert W, Holena D, et al. Resuscitation. 2012;83:1434-1437.

COMMENTARY

Conscious sedation on a general ward: the MET and clinical governance.

Warrillow S, Bellomo R, Jones D. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2007;33:112-117.

STUDY

Rapid response teams and failure to rescue: one community's experience.

Hammer JA, Jones TL, Brown SA. J Nurs Care Qual. 2012;27:352-358.

STUDY

Impact of proactive rounding by a rapid response team on patient outcomes at an academic medical center.

Butcher BW, Vittinghoff E, Maselli J, Auerbach AD. J Hosp Med. 2013;8:7-12.

COMMENTARY

Rapid response systems: should we still question their implementation?

Winters BD, Pronovost PJ. J Hosp Med. 2013;8:278-281.

STUDY

Sustained effectiveness of a primary-team-based rapid response system.

Howell MD, Ngo L, Folcarelli P, et al. Crit Care Med. 2012;40:2562-2568.

STUDY

Defining impact of a rapid response team: qualitative study with nurses, physicians and hospital administrators.

Benin AL, Borgstrom CP, Jenq GY, Roumanis SA, Horwitz LI. BMJ Qual Saf. 2012;21:391-398.

BOOK/REPORT

To Err Is Human—But Don't Expect to Get Paid For It.

ASQ Quarterly Quality Report. Milwaukee, WI: American Society of Quality; October 2008.

COMMENTARY

Early warning systems: the next level of rapid response.

Duncan KD, McMullan C, Mills BM. Nursing. 2012;42:38-44.

STUDY

Medical emergency team calls in the radiology department: patient characteristics and outcomes.

Ott LK, Pinsky MR, Hoffman LA, et al. BMJ Qual Saf. 2012 Mar 2; [Epup ahead of print].

COMMENTARY

The growth of rapid response systems.

Steel AC, Reynolds SF. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2008;34:489-495.

COMMENTARY

Improving rapid response systems: progress, issues, and future directions.

Øvretveit J, Suffoletto J. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2007;33:512-519.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Have you M.E.T. the future of better patient safety?

Larson L. Trustee. September 2005;58:6-10.

REVIEW

Supporting involved health care professionals (second victims) following an adverse health event: a literature review.

Seys D, Scott S, Wu A, et al. Int J Nurs Stud. 2013;50:678-687.

STUDY

Vital sign abnormalities, rapid response, and adverse outcomes in hospitalized patients.

Fagan K, Sabel A, Mehler PS, MacKenzie TD. Am J Med Qual. 2012;27:480-486.

STUDY

Rapid response systems: a prospective study of response times.

Adelstein BA, Piza MA, Nayyar V, Mudaliar Y, Klineberg PL, Rubin G. J Crit Care. 2011;26:635.e11-635.e18.

STUDY

What stops hospital clinical staff from following protocols? An analysis of the incidence and factors behind the failure of bedside clinical staff to activate the rapid response system in a multi-campus Australian metropolitan healthcare service.

Shearer B, Marshall S, Buist MD, et al. BMJ Qual Saf. 2012;21:569-575.

STUDY

Rapid response team in a rural hospital.

Brown S, Anderson MA, Hill PD. Clin Nurse Spec. 2012;26:95-102.

COMMENTARY

Improving sepsis care through systems change: the impact of a medical emergency team.

Sarani B, Brenner SR, Gabel B, et al. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2008;34:179-182.

REVIEW

Rapid response systems as a patient safety strategy: a systematic review.

Winters BD, Weaver SJ, Pfoh ER, Yang T, Pham JC, Dy SM. Ann Intern Med. 2013;158(5 Part 2):417-425.

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