Current Environment:

Summary

Miscommunications are a leading cause of serious medical errors in hospitals, contributing to more than 60% of sentinel events, the most serious adverse events reported to the Joint Commission. Efforts to improve patient safety in hospitals have centered on improving communication between providers. While provider-focused communication interventions have led to reductions in patient harm, patients and families have been notably absent from most interventions to improve patient safety. This proposal seeks to develop a family safety reporting intervention.

Conditions

Family Reported Errors and Adverse Events

Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

* Primary caregiver of a child hospitalized on the study units during the study period or hospital employee who works on the study unit(s)
* Country of Origin: United States
* Primarily English- or Spanish-speaking

Exclusion Criteria:

* International patients

Intervention

Intervention Type

Intervention Name

BEHAVIORAL

Family safety reporting intervention

Phase

NA

Gender

ALL

Min Age

18 Years

Max Age

N/A

Download Date

2022-08-11

Principal Investigator

N/A

Primary Contact Information

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Contact

For more information and to contact the study team:

Family Activation and Communication About Errors and Safety (FACES) NCT02877017