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Who should use this tool? Senior leaders.
Checklist items | Leader Responsible | Date Initiated |
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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. |
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