Enhancing Surgical Team Communication: SOPS and TeamSTEPPS in Action.
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. July 25, 2024.
Teamwork in the surgical suite is core to safe care but can be challenging to achieve. This webcast provided background on AHRQ’s Surveys on Patient Safety Culture® (SOPS®) Program, the & TeamSTEPPS® 3.0 team training curriculum, and how the use of TeamSTEPPS improves SOPS scores. The session highlighted how these efforts improved patient safety culture and team communication in a hospital surgery department.