Medical Safety Huddles - a Multi-site QI Project

Sponsor

University Health Network, Toronto (Other)

Overall Status

Active, not recruiting

CT.gov ID

NCT05365516

Collaborator

Sinai Health System (Other), Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre (Other)

Enrollment

Locations

Arms

Anticipated Duration (Months)

Patient Per Site

Patients Per Site Per Month

Study Details

Study Description

Brief Summary

This quality improvement project will implement and evaluate the impact of physician-specific huddles, termed "medical safety huddles" on patient safety within four programs/sites at Sinai Health Systems, St. John's Rehab (Sunnybrook) and University Health Network.

Condition or Disease	Intervention/Treatment	Phase
Patient Safety	Other: Implementing medical safety huddles	N/A

Study Design

Study Type:

Interventional

Actual Enrollment :

4 participants

Allocation:

Randomized

Intervention Model:

Sequential Assignment

Intervention Model Description:

The multi-centre QI project will use a stepped wedge cluster randomized designThe multi-centre QI project will use a stepped wedge cluster randomized design

Masking:

Single (Outcomes Assessor)

Primary Purpose:

Other

Official Title:

Medical Safety Huddles - a Multi-site QI (Quality Improvement) Project

Actual Study Start Date :

Jun 1, 2020

Anticipated Primary Completion Date :

Jul 1, 2022

Anticipated Study Completion Date :

Dec 1, 2022

Arms and Interventions

Arm	Intervention/Treatment
No Intervention: Medical Safety Huddles - Pre-implementation
Experimental: Medical Safety Huddles - Post-implementation	Other: Implementing medical safety huddles These short, virtual huddles are led by a huddle leader and occur on a weekly or once every two week basis. Each site will be adapting the Medical Safety Huddles for their context and workflow to specifically engage physicians.

Arm

Intervention/Treatment

No Intervention: Medical Safety Huddles - Pre-implementation

Experimental: Medical Safety Huddles - Post-implementation

Other: Implementing medical safety huddles

These short, virtual huddles are led by a huddle leader and occur on a weekly or once every two week basis. Each site will be adapting the Medical Safety Huddles for their context and workflow to specifically engage physicians.

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

Adverse events [19 months]
We will examine whether the huddles impact the frequency and severity of adverse events experienced by patients. We will also determine if the huddles specifically impact certain types of adverse events in terms of frequency and severity. We will also perform analysis specific for each program/site.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Process measure - Attendance rate [15 months]
The number of physicians attending each huddle will be monitored to ensure the fidelity of implementation
Process measure - Safety issues [15 months]
The type and number of safety issues brought up during huddles will be monitored on a monthly basis to ensure the fidelity of implementation
Process measure - Actions taken to address safety issues [15 months]
The number of actions taken to address safety issues will be monitored on a monthly basis to ensure the fidelity of implementation

Eligibility Criteria

Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study:

N/A and Older

Sexes Eligible for Study:

All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers:

Inclusion criteria:

Any staff physicians, residents or medical students working at the four programs/sites

Exclusion criteria:

None

Contacts and Locations

Locations

	Site	City	State	Country	Postal Code
1	Princess Margaret Hospital - UHN	Toronto	Ontario1	Canada	M5G2A2
2	St John's Rehab	Toronto	Ontario	Canada	M2M 2G1
3	Bridgepoint Active Health	Toronto	Ontario	Canada	M4M 2B5
4	Mount Sinai Hospital	Toronto	Ontario	Canada	M5G 1X5

Sponsors and Collaborators

University Health Network, Toronto
Sinai Health System
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre

Investigators

None specified.

Study Documents (Full-Text)

None provided.

More Information

Publications

None provided.

Responsible Party:

University Health Network, Toronto

ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:

NCT05365516

Other Study ID Numbers:

19-6357

First Posted:

May 9, 2022

Last Update Posted:

May 9, 2022

Last Verified:

Mar 1, 2022

Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement:

Plan to Share IPD:

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product:

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product:

Keywords provided by University Health Network, Toronto

Study Results

No Results Posted as of May 9, 2022