WIHI - A Podcast from the Institute for Healthcare Improvement

Date: April 5, 2018 Featuring: James L. Reinertsen, MD, The Reinertsen Group Ronette Wiley, RN, BS, MHSA, CPPS, Executive Vice President, COO, Bassett Medical Center Helen Mackie, MB, ChB, FRCP, Consultant Gastroenterologist, University Hairmyres Hospital, NHS Lanarkshire; National Clinical Advisor for "Realistic Medicine," Scottish Government The safety huddle​ has become an important way for hospitals to surface safety concerns affecting patients and the workforce. The best huddles are multidisciplinary, highly structured, brief (15 minutes or less), take place early in the morning and focus on incidents from the day before and risks to safety in the day ahead. Is the safety huddle effective? Have organizations grown lax with the process over time? Some participants have observed that, over time, safety huddles tend to become "just another meeting" or "another box to check off." Dr. James Reinertsen, who has spent decades coaching clinical leaders and staff about safety, says too many huddles allow d