AHA Team Training

The tools and strategies of TeamSTEPPS are the basic building blocks of High Performing Teams. One key to success is successful teamwork measurement. Phyllis Toor, TeamSTEPPS Program Manager discusses how one large hospital system, the US Army Medical Command, leveraged the AHRQ TeamSTEPPS Teamwork鈥
UW Medicine TeamSTEPPS faculty describe how they work with areas to focus on 鈥渂right spots鈥, leverage quick wins, address resistance, and flex the plan to implement TeamSTEPPS in their organization. Learn about an implementation program to 鈥渟hrink the change,鈥 and how they systematically roll out鈥
Kurt O鈥橞rien, MHROD, senior lecturer in the University of Washington鈥檚 Department of Health Services Master in Healthcare Administration (MHA) program, presents the concept of Community Conversations (based on the work of Peter Block). The overall focus of introducing community work is to create an鈥
Jan Brauer RN, BSN, MA and Rhonda Fischer RN, BSN, CEN discuss the importance of engaging every staff member, including the low performer or late adopter, in preserving the team dynamic, a critical factor driving both staff satisfaction and patient safety. Learn key concepts such as: the power of鈥
Priya Bathija, vice president of The Value Initiative at the 黑料正能量 Association, provides insight on the national context and call for greater health care affordability and value. Ms. Bathija shares lessons learned from hospitals and health systems around the country that have engaged鈥
The Department of Labor is tapping into the AHA and its professional membership groups to help expand health care apprenticeship programs across the country.
According to research, 51 percent of physicians report symptoms of burnout and the impact on the entire health care field is increasing. In today鈥檚 distracted world we are bouncing from one activity to the next, trying to do more with less and pushing our abilities to the limit. How is it that some鈥
Truly successful health care teams are those that involve the whole staff and not just those with a clinical background. The health care team involves not just physicians, nurses, and other clinical staff but administrators, quality improvement professionals, risk management, environmental services鈥
Next week, June 20-22, the AHA is hosting a Team Training National Conference in San Diego for health care organizations to improve patient safety by successfully implementing and sustaining TeamSTEPPS, an evidence-based set of teamwork tools. Hospitals and health systems across the U.S. have used鈥
This webinar described how the TeamSTEPPS庐 framework and principles can support patient and family engagement efforts, and detailed how three TeamSTEPPS tools can be adapted to engage patients as team members. The webinar was presented by Sue Collier, MSN, RN, FABC, Clinical Content Development鈥