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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Abstract

Healthcare increasingly is moving from volume- to value-based care, with an emphasis on linking a larger percentage of payments to the quality of care provided. There is a renewed interest in designing a focused, strategic approach to quality and safety education and engagement of trainees in hospital-wide quality, safety, and patient experience initiatives. Hospitals, trainees, and patients benefit as a result of engaging frontline learners in these activities. Hospitals can leverage the intelligence from the front line to contribute to improved hospital safety, increased employee and patient engagement, and better identification of vulnerable areas of safety risks. Trainees benefit from increased engagement by acquiring fundamentals in quality and safety; are able to satisfy Clinical Learning Environment Review recommendations; have an opportunity to practice a number of skill sets (leadership, communication, collaboration); and complete quality and safety hands-on projects. Patients benefit from a more engaged work force, safer environment for their healthcare, and an improved overall experience. In this article, the current state of the Johns Hopkins Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine's efforts to engage its front line in quality, safety, and patient experience initiatives that are in evolutionary phases of implementation is presented. Evolutionary concepts relate to the Johns Hopkins Health System and the aim of its training program to continuously improve and innovate.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)522-533
Number of pages12
JournalJournal of cardiothoracic and vascular anesthesia
Volume32
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Feb 2018

Keywords

  • educational curriculum
  • experiential learning
  • graduate medical education
  • patient experience
  • patient safety
  • quality

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
  • Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine

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