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SBAR Tool: Situation-Background-Assessment-Recommendation
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| The SBAR (Situation-Background-Assessment-Recommendation) technique provides a framework for communication between members of the health care team and can be used as a tool to foster a culture of patient safety. |
Profiles in Improvement: Doug Bonacum of Kaiser Permanente
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| Who's improving health care? People are. Listen to the story of Doug Bonacum of Kaiser Permanente. |
The informed patient: Hospitals combat errors at the "hand-off"
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| John Whittington, patient safety officer at OSF St. Joseph Medical Center, says the SBAR "quick briefing" model can help overcome differing communication styles. |
Reducing Cardiac Arrests in the Acute Admissions Unit: A Quality Improvement Journey
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| A quality improvement project in the acute admissions unit at the Stirling Royal Infirmary in Scotland achieved a 71 percent reduction in the number of cardiac arrests per 1,000 admissions; a 68 percent increase in referrals to palliative care per 1,000 admissions per month; and a 24 percent relative reduction in the 30-day mortality of patients admitted to unit. These results were achieved through the application of improvement methodology to test new innovations and promotion of a safety culture, among other changes. |
WIHI: SBAR: Structured Communication and Psychological Safety in Health Care
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| January 30, 2014 | This WIHI looks at how the communication tool known as SBAR (Situation-Background-Assessment-Recommendation) can be used for improved handoffs or to enhance newer processes, such as daily safety huddles, to achieve “psychological safety” among all staff. |
Pursuing Perfection: Report from Tallahassee on Reducing Mortality
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| Tallahassee Memorial Hospital (Tallahassee, Florida, USA) reduces patient mortality through an array of patient safety improvement initiatives as part of IHI's Pursuing Perfection program. |
SBAR: A shared mental model for improving communication between clinicians
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| The importance of sharing a common mental model in communication prompted efforts to spread the use of the SBAR (Situation, Background, Assessment, and Recommendation) tool at OSF St. Joseph Medical Center in Bloomington, Illinois. |
Rapid Response Team Record: Documentation Tool
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| This tool is used to document each response to a Rapid Response Team call and the embedded SBAR (Situation, Background, Assessment, Recommendation) section is helpful for framing the conversation with the team or the provider. |
Sample Rapid Response Team Documentation Tool
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| This tool is used to document each response to a Rapid Response Team call and the embedded SBAR (Situation, Background, Assessment, Recommendation) section is helpful for framing the conversation with the team or the provider (physician). |
Rapid Response Team Record with SBAR
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| Both the primary nurse for the patient and the Rapid Response Team nurse have responsibility for completing the form when a Rapid Response Team call is initiated, and the form then becomes a permanent part of the patient. |
SBAR Training Scenarios and Competency Assessment
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| Bronson Healthcare Group
Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA |
Sample SBAR Communication Tool
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| This tool provides instructions on how to use the SBAR (Situation, Background, Assessment, Recommendation) technique and a form to gather necessary information to be communicated. |
SBAR Emergency Department Report to Floor Form
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| This form uses the SBAR (Situation-Awareness-Background-Recommendation) format to improve the emergency department to floor patient report. |
ISBAR Trip Tick
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| This tool is used to standardize clinical handoffs for patients traveling throughout the hospital, and provides the opportunity for health care providers to ask and respond to questions. |
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