Medical Safety Huddles - a Multi-site QI Project

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

Status

Completed

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT05365516

Enrollment

Registered

2022-05-09

Start date

2020-06-01

Completion date

2023-01-30

Last updated

2023-05-25

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Patient Safety

Keywords

Quality Improvement, Patient Safety, Physician Engagement, Huddles

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.

Interventions

OTHERImplementing 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.

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

SEQUENTIAL

Primary purpose

OTHER

Masking

SINGLE (Outcomes Assessor)

Intervention model description

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

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

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

Exclusion criteria

None

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
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

Measure	Time frame	Description
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

Countries

Canada

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026