Improving Teamwork in an Academic, Tertiary Care Labor and Delivery Unit

Interdisciplinary Communication Clinical Trial

— SAFON  

Official title:

A Decade of Safon Rounds: Interdisciplinary Daily Rounding as a Method of Improving Teamwork in an Academic, Tertiary Care Labor and Delivery Unit

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT02368535
• Other study ID #: SAFON STUDY
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: February 6, 2015
• Last updated: July 20, 2015
• Start date: January 2015
• Est. completion date: March 2015

Study information

• Verified date: July 2015
• Source: Brigham and Women's Hospital
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

The investigators wanted to determine if the establishment of interdisciplinary rounds has made meaningful changes in the perceptions of teamwork and communication.

The purpose of this study is to determine if the establishment of interdisciplinary daily rounding has improved teamwork in an academic, tertiary care labor and delivery unit.

Description:

Failures in teamwork and communication are among the leading cases of sentinel and adverse obstetric events. Multidisciplinary approaches and communication could improve patients outcomes. In 2003, leaders from the department of obstetrics, anesthesia and nursing decided to institute interdisciplinary rounds as a method of improving team communication. Obstetricians, Anesthesiologists, Nurses, Perinatologists, Administrative Assistants, Consultants, and Neonatologists participate in the rounds. The investigators wanted to determine if the establishment of interdisciplinary rounds has made meaningful changes in the perceptions of teamwork and communication.

The purpose of this study is to determine if the establishment of interdisciplinary daily rounding has improved teamwork in an academic, tertiary care labor and delivery unit.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 234
• Est. completion date: March 2015
• Est. primary completion date: March 2015
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: N/A and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Working at L&D at Brigham and Women's and participating in daily rounds

Exclusion Criteria:

• subject's refusal to participate

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Interdisciplinary Communication

Intervention

Other:
• Survey
25-item questionnaire on pereception of interdisciplinary rounds

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	Brigham and Women's Hospital	Boston	Massachusetts

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Brigham and Women's Hospital

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Perception of Teamwork Elements Present in Interdisciplinary Rounds - Total Response Scores		Individual Participation-10 min; Study Completion within 1 Year