Teamwork in the time of COVID-19.

Peter A Takizawa; Linda Honan; David Brissette; Barry J. Wu; Kirsten M Wilkins

Commentary

Teamwork in the time of COVID-19.

March 3, 2021

Takizawa PA, Honan L, Brissette D, et al. FASEB Bioadv. 2020;3(3):175-181.

View more articles from the same authors.

The COVID-19 pandemic has led to wide-ranging changes in the health care system. This article describes one academic hospital’s experience adapting in-person team-based clinical and interprofessional training during the COVID-19 pandemic.

PubMed citation

Free full text

Related Resources From the Same Author(s)

Patient voices in hospital safety during the COVID-19 pandemic.

November 2, 2022

The impact of adverse events on clinicians: what's in a name?

November 22, 2017

Pediatric trainees' speaking up about unprofessional behavior and traditional patient safety threats.

September 30, 2020

Hospital medication errors: a cross sectional study.

December 23, 2020

Addressing mistreatment of providers by patients and family members as a patient safety event.

February 16, 2022

Another medical malpractice crisis?: Try something different.

October 14, 2020

Using potentially preventable severe maternal morbidity to monitor hospital performance.

February 8, 2023

Human-based errors involving smart infusion pumps: a catalog of error types and prevention strategies.

September 9, 2020

Diagnostic error in the pediatric hospital: a narrative review.

February 9, 2022

Strategies to reduce errors associated with 2-component vaccines.

December 2, 2020

Emergency departments are higher-risk locations for wrong blood in tube errors.

September 29, 2021

Risk factors associated with medication ordering errors.

December 16, 2020

Nurse well-being: a concept analysis.

August 17, 2022

In the eye of the storm: the role of the pharmacist in medication safety during the COVID-19 pandemic at an urban teaching hospital.

December 23, 2020

How to do no harm: empowering local leaders to make care safer in low-resource settings.

March 3, 2021

How effective are electronic medication systems in reducing medication error rates and associated harm among hospital inpatients? A systematic review and meta-analysis.

December 2, 2020

Racial differences in antibiotic prescribing by primary care pediatricians.

March 20, 2013

Knowledge, attitudes, and expectations of medical staff toward medical error management policies in humanitarian medicine: a qualitative study.

February 10, 2021

Associations between double-checking and medication administration errors: a direct observational study of paediatric inpatients.

August 26, 2020

A description of medical malpractice claims involving advanced practice providers.

July 15, 2020

Omissions of care in nursing homes: a uniform definition for research and quality improvement.

November 18, 2020

Better nurse staffing is associated with survival for Black patients and diminishes racial disparities in survival after in-hospital cardiac arrests.

December 9, 2020

Adaptive design: adaptation and adoption of patient safety practices in daily routines, a multi-site study.

August 12, 2020

Psychological safety during the test of new work processes in an emergency department.

April 6, 2022

Incorporating harms into the weighting of the Revised AHRQ Patient Safety for Selected Indicators Composite (PSI 90).

January 26, 2022

Parent engagement in perinatal mortality reviews: an online survey of clinicians from six high-income countries.

March 3, 2021

Development and validation of a deep learning model for detection of allergic reactions using safety event reports across hospitals.

December 9, 2020

Association between surgeon technical skills and patient outcomes.

September 9, 2020

The impact of the built environment on patient falls in hospital rooms: an integrative review.

June 16, 2021

Patient safety skills in primary care: a national survey of GP educators.

February 4, 2015

Effective strategies to increase reporting of medication errors in hospitals.

January 25, 2006

Association of differences in treatment intensification, missed visits, and scheduled follow-up interval with racial or ethnic disparities in blood pressure control.

December 22, 2021

Second victim experiences of nurses in obstetrics and gynaecology: a Second Victim Experience and Support Tool Survey

December 23, 2020

Adverse events in Italian nursing homes during the COVID-19 epidemic: a national survey.

November 25, 2020

Transforming the medication regimen review process using telemedicine to prevent adverse events.

December 16, 2020

Intraoperative sentinel events in the era of surgical safety checklists: results of a national survey.

March 3, 2021

An evolving hospital quality star rating system from CMS: aligning the stars.

May 26, 2021

Supporting the emotional well-being of health care workers during the COVID-19 pandemic.

August 5, 2020

Smart Healthcare Safety.

October 4, 2023

Evolving factors in hospital safety: a systematic review and meta-analysis of hospital adverse events.

September 29, 2021

Medication errors in anesthesiology: is it time to train by example? Vignettes can assess error awareness, assessment of harm, disclosure, and reporting practices.

October 28, 2020

Assessing frequency and risk of weight entry errors in pediatrics.

February 15, 2017

Identifying trigger concepts to screen emergency department visits for diagnostic errors.

December 16, 2020

Linking patient safety culture to quality ratings in the nursing home setting.

December 9, 2020

Incidence, nature and causes of avoidable significant harm in primary care in England: retrospective case note review.

December 16, 2020

Design of a safety dashboard for patients.

December 18, 2019

Self-reported adherence to high reliability practices among participants in the Children's Hospitals' Solutions for Patient Safety Collaborative.

December 12, 2018

Optimising the delivery of remediation programmes for doctors: a realist review.

June 2, 2021

Factors influencing physician responsiveness to nurse-initiated communication: a qualitative study.

December 2, 2020

Improving the approach to defining, classifying, reporting and monitoring adverse events in seriously ill older adults: recommendations from a multi-stakeholder convening.

June 15, 2022

Establishing a multidisciplinary taskforce to improve anticoagulation safety at a large health system.

December 12, 2021

Restructuring of a general surgery residency program in an epicenter of the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic: lessons from New York City.

July 29, 2020

How can patient-held lists of medication enhance patient safety? A mixed-methods study with a focus on user experience.

February 5, 2020

Hospital at Home: setting a regulatory course to ensure safe, high-quality care.

February 2, 2022

Vulnerability of the medical product supply chain: the wake-up call of COVID-19.

November 25, 2020

COVID-19: the dark side and the sunny side for patient safety.

October 14, 2020

Errors in nurse-led triage: an observational study.

December 2, 2020

Nurse burnout syndrome and work environment impact patient safety grade.

August 25, 2021

A family and hospital's journey and commitment to improving diagnostic safety.

March 9, 2022

A realist synthesis of pharmacist-conducted medication reviews in primary care after leaving hospital: what works for whom and why?

December 2, 2020

A mixed-methods systematic review of interventions to address incivility in nursing.

July 15, 2020

Perspectives of emergency clinicians about medical errors resulting in patient harm or malpractice litigation.

November 30, 2022

Exploring nurses' attitudes, skills, and beliefs of medication safety practices.

August 24, 2022

A randomized trial of a multifactorial strategy to prevent serious fall injuries.

July 29, 2020

The aspects of healthcare quality that are important to health professionals and patients: a qualitative study.

December 15, 2021

Duplicate medication order errors: safety gaps and recommendations for improvement.

October 12, 2022

Influencing a culture of quality and safety through huddles.

November 9, 2022

The confused and bewildered hospital: adverse event discovery, pay-for-performance, and big data tools as halfway technologies.

July 29, 2020

Mitigating the July effect.

July 7, 2021

Delays in diagnosis, treatment, and surgery: root causes, actions taken, and recommendations for healthcare improvement.

June 1, 2022

Reported clinical incidents of children with intellectual disability: a qualitative analysis.

June 15, 2022

Patient Safety in Obstetrics and Gynecology: Improving Outcomes, Reducing Risks.

March 19, 2008

Pharmacist counseling when dispensing naloxone by standing order: a secret shopper study of 4 chain pharmacies.

December 9, 2020

Bracing for the storm: one health care system's planning for the COVID-19 surge.

November 11, 2020

Use of an electronic decision support tool to reduce polypharmacy in elderly people with chronic diseases: cluster randomised controlled trial.

July 29, 2020

National and institutional trends in adverse events over time: a systematic review and meta-analysis of longitudinal retrospective patient record review studies.

March 3, 2021

Accuracy of practitioner estimates of probability of diagnosis before and after testing.

May 5, 2021

The impact of introducing automated dispensing cabinets, barcode medication administration, and closed-loop electronic medication management systems on work processes and safety of controlled medications in hospitals: a systematic review.

April 7, 2021

Chronic hospital nurse understaffing meets COVID-19: an observational study.

September 9, 2020

Organizational conditions for engagement in quality and safety improvement: a longitudinal qualitative study of community pharmacies.

February 6, 2019

Operationalizing occupational fatigue in pharmacists: an exploratory factor analysis.

November 18, 2020

Evaluating incident learning systems and safety culture in two radiation oncology departments.

February 16, 2022

Fall prevention with the Smart Socks System reduces hospital fall rates.

September 7, 2022

The Institute for Safe Medication Practices.

September 7, 2005

I-PASS illness diversity identifies patients at risk for overnight clinical deterioration.

December 2, 2020

Safety in pediatric hospice and palliative care: a qualitative study.

September 23, 2020

Post-operative mortality, missed care and nurse staffing in nine countries: a cross-sectional study.

September 13, 2017

Safe clinical practice for patients hospitalised in mental health wards during a suicidal crisis: qualitative study of patient experiences.

December 23, 2020

Expert consensus on currently accepted measures of harm.

September 9, 2020

Design and implementation of an analgesia, sedation, and paralysis order set to enhance compliance of pro re nata medication orders with Joint Commission medication management standards in a pediatric ICU.

December 9, 2020

A review of adverse event reports from emergency departments in the Veterans Health Administration.

March 18, 2020

Impact of unacceptable behaviour between healthcare workers on clinical performance and patient outcomes: a systematic review.

February 16, 2022

Flexibilization of science, cognitive biases, and the COVID-19 pandemic.

September 23, 2020

A mixed-methods analysis of patient safety incidents involving opioid substitution treatment with methadone or buprenorphine in community-based care in England and Wales.

November 11, 2020

Using medical malpractice closed claims data to reduce surgical risk and improve patient safety.

April 25, 2007

COVID-19: an emerging threat to antibiotic stewardship in the emergency department.

October 21, 2020

Understanding the second victim experience among multidisciplinary providers in obstetrics and gynecology.

May 19, 2021

Making communication and resolution programmes mission critical in healthcare organisations.

November 11, 2020

Diagnostic Excellence in the ICU: Thinking Critically and Masterfully.

December 1, 2021

Adverse events in intensive care and continuing care units during bed-bath procedures: the prospective observational NURSIng during critical carE (NURSIE) study.

December 23, 2020

Related Resources

Explicitly addressing implicit bias on inpatient rounds: student and faculty reflections.

June 7, 2023

The time is now: addressing implicit bias in obstetrics and gynecology education.

May 17, 2023

Listen to the whispers before they become screams: addressing Black maternal morbidity and mortality in the United States.

May 3, 2023

Exploring the intersection of structural racism and ageism in healthcare.

December 7, 2022

Safety culture and the positive association of being a primary care training practice during COVID-19: the results of the multi-country European PRICOV-19 Study.

November 16, 2022

The Lancet Commission on lessons for the future from the COVID-19 pandemic.

October 12, 2022

Pharmacy leadership amid the pandemic: maintaining patient safety during uncertain times.

September 14, 2022

Teamwork before and during COVID-19: the good, the same, and the ugly….

August 24, 2022

Clinic design for safety during the pandemic: safety or teamwork, can we only pick one?

May 11, 2022

What is needed to sustain improvements in hospital practices post-COVID-19? A qualitative study of interprofessional dissonance in hospital infection prevention and control.

May 4, 2022

Non-technical skills in surgery during the COVID-19 pandemic: an observational study.

March 9, 2022

Don't go to the hospital alone: ensuring safe, highly reliable patient visitation.

January 12, 2022

Nursing strategies to safeguard COVID-19 patients from harm in the intensive care unit.

December 8, 2021

Critical care simulation education program during the COVID-19 pandemic.

November 10, 2021

Supervision, interprofessional collaboration, and patient safety in intensive care units during the COVID-19 pandemic.

November 10, 2021

Patient, surgeon, and health care worker safety during the COVID-19 pandemic.

November 3, 2021

Ensuring primary care diagnostic quality in the era of telemedicine.

October 27, 2021

The COVID trap: pediatric diagnostic errors in a pandemic world.

August 25, 2021

Structural racism and the COVID-19 experience in the United States.

July 7, 2021

COVID-19 and open notes: a new method to enhance patient safety and trust.

July 7, 2021

The calm before the storm: utilizing in situ simulation to evaluate for preparedness of an alternative care hospital during COVID-19 pandemic.

June 2, 2021

Maintaining maternal-newborn safety during the COVID-19 pandemic.

May 26, 2021

COVID-19 and patient safety: time to tap into our investment in high reliability.

May 12, 2021

Ethical considerations and patient safety concerns for cancelling non-urgent surgeries during the COVID-19 pandemic: a review.

May 12, 2021

Identifying barriers to and opportunities for telehealth implementation amidst the COVID-19 pandemic by using a human factors approach: a leap into the future of health care delivery?

May 5, 2021

Patient safety and quality improvement adaptation during the COVID-19 pandemic.

April 21, 2021

Application of emergency preparedness principles to a pharmacy department’s approach to a “black swan” event: the COVID-19 pandemic.

April 21, 2021

Addressing systemic racism in nursing homes: a time for action.

April 14, 2021

Has the COVID pandemic strengthened or weakened health care teams? A field guide to healthy workforce best practices.

March 31, 2021

We asked the experts: the WHO Surgical Safety Checklist and the COVID-19 pandemic: recommendations for content and implementation adaptations.

March 17, 2021

See More About The Topic

Teamwork in the time of COVID-19.

Connect With Us

Sign up for Email Updates

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

Teamwork in the time of COVID-19.

Connect With Us

Sign up for Email Updates

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

Submit Your Innovations

Continue as a Guest

Continue Logged In

Submit Your Innovations

Continue as a Guest

Continue logged in

New Users to the PSNet site