A human factors intervention in a hospital--evaluating the outcome of a TeamSTEPPS program in a surgical ward.
Aaberg OR, Hall-Lord ML, Husebø SIE, et al. A human factors intervention in a hospital - evaluating the outcome of a TeamSTEPPS program in a surgical ward. BMC Health Serv Res. 2021;21(1):114. doi:10.1186/s12913-021-06071-6.
TeamSTEPPS is a patient safety intervention designed to improve teamwork and communication in healthcare settings. One Norwegian hospital utilized TeamSTEPPS to improve professional and organizational outcomes in the urology and gastrointestinal surgery ward. Twelve months after implementation, researchers observed sustained improvements in three patient safety culture dimensions and three teamwork dimensions. Further studies with larger same size and stronger study designs are warranted.