Development of "SWARM" as a model for high reliability, rapid problem solving, and institutional learning.

Eric A. Williams; De Ann Nikolai; Lauren Ladwig; Carol Miller; Elizabeth Fredeboelling

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Development of "SWARM" as a model for high reliability, rapid problem solving, and institutional learning.

November 4, 2015

Williams EA, Nikolai DA, Ladwig L, et al. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2015;41(11):508-513.

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Rapid teamwork has been highlighted as a mechanism to enhance response to patient deterioration, assess incidents, improve team feedback, and support high reliability. This commentary discusses the development and implementation of the SWARM tool—a unit-based mechanism to rapidly analyze problems and develop solutions—in a pediatric intensive care unit. The authors detail the results of the initiative and provide materials to enable organizations to implement a similar program.

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