Engaging the front line: tapping into hospital-wide quality and safety initiatives.

Jed Wolpaw; Deborah Schwengel; Nadia Hensley; Bommy Hong Mershon; Tracey Stierer; Anne Steele; Alexandra Hansen; Colleen G. Koch

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Engaging the front line: tapping into hospital-wide quality and safety initiatives.

March 14, 2018

Wolpaw J, Schwengel D, Hensley N, et al. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2018;32(1):522-533.

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Engaging clinicians and hospital staff is important for sustainable quality and safety improvement. This commentary describes a program to enhance staff involvement by providing education in risk identification, process assessment, project management, and patient engagement.

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