Developing tools to enhance the adaptive capacity (Safety II) of health care providers at a children's hospital.

Thomas Bartman; Jenna Merandi; Tensing Maa; Stacy Kuehn; Richard J. Brilli

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Developing tools to enhance the adaptive capacity (Safety II) of health care providers at a children's hospital.

August 11, 2021

Bartman T, Merandi J, Maa T, et al. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2021;47(8):526-532.

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Safety II is a proactive approach to improving patient safety by learning from what goes right in healthcare. A US children’s hospital developed three tools for frontline clinicians to recognize, mitigate, and learn from potential safety issues at the bedside.

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