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TeamSTEPPS TM

TeamSTEPPS TM. Improving Patient Safety Worldwide Through Teamwork and Communication. Presenters. Susan M Hohenhaus, RN, MA, FAEN President, Hohenhaus & Associates, Inc. Stephen M Powell, MS, Captain, Principal, Healthcare Team Training, LLC. Empowering Local Teams.

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TeamSTEPPS TM

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  1. TeamSTEPPSTM Improving Patient Safety Worldwide Through Teamwork and Communication

  2. Presenters • Susan M Hohenhaus, RN, MA, FAEN President, Hohenhaus & Associates, Inc. • Stephen M Powell, MS, Captain, Principal, Healthcare Team Training, LLC

  3. Empowering Local Teams

  4. Provide examples of personalized and culturally customized teamwork and communication improvement in the US and abroad Identify the multi-cultural barriers to communication and other teamwork skills Create awareness of the mandates for improved teamwork and communication worldwide Objectives

  5. What is TeamSTEPPSTM? • Evidence Based • Public Domain • Internet available- Worldwide Access

  6. High Power-Distance cultures in Asia and many Latin America countries promote absolute authority of leaders Uncertainty Avoidance is high in Korea, Greece and Latin America and low in the US Key factor for CRM acceptance was achieving “cultural harmony” or balance with these national culture dimensions. Helmreich, R., et al. (1999). The Evolution of CRM. IJAP, 9(1), 19-32. CRM did not export well at first!

  7. Situation • Hierarchy • Paternalistic vs. Collaborative • Gender • Language • Religion • Socio-economic position

  8. Background • Visits to all US regions • Visits to all types of clinical settings (rural, urban, suburban, critical access) • Visits to international sites • Formal training in large groups AND observations and coaching IN THE UNIT

  9. Assessment • The issues are the same regardless of what country, ethnicity, language • Only the faces change • Human error is inevitable • Prioritizing the challenges is the challenge

  10. Recommendation • Formal communication and teamwork skills training is essential • Evidence-based TeamSTEPPSTM creates a common language for teamwork knowledge, performance and attitudes

  11. S- Cultural barriers in healthcare are universal B- TeamSTEPPSTM is an evidenced-based teamwork curriculum to aid any healthcare organization anywhere A- Implementation of teamwork and communication training across ALL disciplines is incredibly important for safe and effective patient care R- Spread teamwork and communication skills Debrief

  12. Lessons Learned • Respect local customs • Survey the Culture • Information age breaking down barriers • “LET SBAR help you find your Voice” • L-Language (common) • E-Empowerment • T-Trust and teamwork

  13. Patient Safety and Teamwork Knows NO Boundaries • Sense of Urgency Worldwide • JCI Patient Safety Goals • R2: Closed Loop Communication • R4: Use a Pre-procedure √ list • R5: Complete a “pre-flight” • R6: Include the Patient • WHO Patient Safety Solutions Andrea Harris “Beyond Boundaries”

  14. Nine Solutions for Patient Safety Teamwork Competencies in the Solutions S2: Patient Identification S3: Communication during Handovers S4: Correct procedure/Correct patient S6: Assuring medication accuracy at handovers S9: Improved hand hygiene Sir Liam Donaldson, Chair of the Alliance and Chief Medical Officer for England, said: “Patient safety is now recognized as a priority by health systems around the world.” WHO World Alliance for Patient Safety

  15. Traveling Nurses from abroad Almost 12 percent of nurses in the U.S., and 20 percent of physicians, are foreign born Foreign National MDs 40,000 Indian Physicians in US 105,300 Asian Physicians in US 1000 physician J1 VISA exemptions annually mostly for rural MD coverage US Census Bureau 2005 Changing National Culture Dimensions

  16. 49.6 million Americans (19%) speak a language other than English at home Between 1990-2000, this number grew by 15.1 million or 47% In ED visits, no interpreter was used in 46% of patients with limited English Only 23% of US teaching hospitals provide training for clinicians working with interpreters What about our patients? Flores, G. (2006). Language Barriers to Health Care in the United States. NEJM, 355:3

  17. Teamwork & Cultural Dimensions Lingard, L. 2006 The Wilson Centre of the Canadian Patient Safety Institute.

  18. Questions

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