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CUSP Toolkit

CEO/Senior Leader Checklist

Who should use this tool? Senior leaders.

Checklist items Leader Responsible Date Initiated
1. Ensure all current and new employees receive Science of Safety training.    
2. Assign a senior executive (Chief Executive Officer or another leader) as an active member of each <Insert Project Name> team to meet with the team(s) on the unit at least monthly.    
3. Create a policy for unit-level accountability.    
4. Document at least one learning from defect per month.    
5. Foster organizational learning. Disseminate learning from defect lessons with expectations for local adaptation.    
6. Require use of a patient-specific daily goals checklist.    
7. Codify interdisciplinary rounds as an organization-level standard of practice.    
8. Support local interpretation based on unit characteristics.    
9. Acknowledge the teams' work.    
10. Celebrate success through stories in hospital newsletter or provide opportunities for teams to share success stories with management and other teams.    
<Insert Project Name>    
1. Make <Insert Goal> an organization-wide goal. Include it in the strategic plan.    
2. Develop a coordinated plan to achieve <Insert Goal> throughout the organization.    
3. Provide protected time for team leaders: doctor, nurse, data collector (approximately 10 percent each).    
4. Monitor progress toward the goal no less than quarterly and report performance to all employees and the board.    

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Current as of August 2012


Internet Citation:

CEO/Senior Leader Checklist. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/cusptoolkit/8cusptools/ceosnrleaderchecklist.htm


 

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