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Patient safety leadership walkrounds
Frankel A, Graydon-Baker E, Neppl C, Simmonds T, Gustafson M, Gandhi T. Patient safety leadership walkrounds. Joint Commission Journal on Quality Improvement. 2003;29(1):16-26.

In the WalkRounds concept, a core group, which includes the senior executives and/or vice presidents, conducts weekly visits to different areas of the hospital. The group, joined by one or two nurses in the area and other available staff, asks specific questions about adverse events or near misses and about the factors or systems issues that led to these events.

 

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