Reference Length Content Delivery
Dingley et al, 2008
24 months
Provider/Team communication toolkit: ISBAR Team Huddles Multidisciplinary rounds using daily goal sheets
Lectures and interactive group activities on an organisational and departmental level with follow-up education over months, information notebooks, concept posters, visual reminders, PowerPoint presentation, ‘champion’ roles.
Goldenhar et al, 2013
5 years
Inter-related tiered huddle system: Unit huddle Inpatient huddle Daily operations brief
Employed safety officers, trained senior staff on implementation, gradually introduced the concept following a pilot, expanded number and participants of huddles over time
Hastings et al, 2016
14 months
New care processes: Name Occupation Duty More timely initial patient assessment Comfort rounding by HCAs Bedside shift report by RNs Patient whiteboards Rapid rounds Care hub huddles regularly
Collaborative practice lead available to help guide staff and provide feedback, reorganisation of teams to help implementation
Jain et al, 2015 1 month for baseline, 6 weeks for data collection Daily pre-operative huddle with entire surgical team completed prior to first case of the day Surgeons given a template to follow for the huddle, instructed by author on how to perform huddle
Monash et al, 2017
Unclear
Attending Rounds introduced: Pre-round huddle Bedside rounds Integrating bedside nurses Completing real-time order entry using bedside computers Updating patient’s whiteboard with care plan
Study investigators led a 1.5hr workshop to train teams allocated to the intervention arm, informational handouts distributed, control arm not informed of study aims
Newman et al, 2016
24 months
Night-shift interprofessional huddle: Rounding process with overnight residents and bedside nurses followed by conference call among residents, charge nurse, and at-home cardiologist Potential concerns discussed with resident, charge nurse, and cardiologist
Not detailed.
O’Malley et al, 2015 N/A Generally a morning or afternoon huddle that lasted 5-10 minutes with physician, assistants, nurses, and sometimes front-desk staff. N/A
Pannick et al, 2017
6 months
Hospital Event Analysis Describing Significant Unanticipated Problems (HEADS-UP) briefing: Daily briefings with teams Briefings could be led by any member of the ward team
Visual format delivered to teams with options of making minor changes, facilitator to raise concerns of frontline teams about issues raised in the HEADS-UP briefings to bring about tangible unit and organisational-level changes
Rodriguez et al, 2015 3 years at last data collection Huddle adoption and use as part of Patient Aligned Care Teams Initiative N/A
Scotten et al, 2015
12 months
TeamSTEPPS: ISBAR format Daily briefs CUS communication tool to identify safety concerns
Train-the-trainer methodology, 2 hour sessions for team members on the project.
Stapley et al, 2018
16 months total, data collected at 4 months
Situation Awareness For Everyone (SAFE): Huddling ISBAR PEWS§
Not specified.
Thomas et al, 2013
3 years
TeamSTEPPS: Briefs, huddles, debriefs Cross-monitoring, feedback, advocacy, two-challenge rule CUS, DESC# script, Collaboration, ISBAR Call-out, check-back, handoff
2.5 day master trainer course, 4hr fundamental course for all staff providing direct patient care, essentials course for all non-clinical staff