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Using the patient safety huddle as a tool for high reliability.

April 4, 2018

Brass SD, Olney G, Glimp R, et al. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2018;44(4):219-226.

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Huddles increase clinical team awareness of activities and enable members to discuss concerns. This commentary describes a huddle process used at one hospital to engage staff and leadership in working together toward high reliability by improving interdisciplinary communication, use of metrics, and incident reporting.

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