TY - JOUR
T1 - Enhancing surgical safety using digital multimedia technology
AU - Dixon, Jennifer L.
AU - Mukhopadhyay, Dhriti
AU - Hunt, Justin
AU - Jupiter, Daniel
AU - Smythe, William R.
AU - Papaconstantinou, Harry T.
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was funded by an Innovations In Patient Safety Grant from Baylor Scott & White Health.
Funding Information:
This study was designed for Scott & White Memorial Hospital in an effort to use innovation to improve patient safety and was supported by the institution in the form of an Innovations grant. Institutional Review Board approval was obtained for this prospective pilot study. A multimedia checklist was developed within our institution as an electronic surrogate to the current written formatted checklist. Key elements established by the WHO and adapted to our hospital system were kept identical between the old and new systems. 13
Publisher Copyright:
© 2015 Elsevier Inc.
Copyright:
Copyright 2017 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2016/6/1
Y1 - 2016/6/1
N2 - Background The purpose of this study was to examine whether incorporating digital and video multimedia components improved surgical time-out performance of a surgical safety checklist. Methods A prospective pilot study was designed for implementation of a multimedia time-out, including a patient video. Perceptions of the staff participants were surveyed before and after intervention (Likert scale: 1, strongly disagree to 5, strongly agree). Results Employee satisfaction was high for both time-out procedures. However, employees appreciated improved clarity of patient identification (P <.05) and operative laterality (P <.05) with the digital method. About 87% of the respondents preferred the digital version to the standard time-out (75% anesthesia, 89% surgeons, 93% nursing). Although the duration of time-outs increased (49 and 79 seconds for standard and digital time-outs, respectively, P >.001), there was significant improvement in performance of key safety elements. Conclusion The multimedia time-out allows improved participation by the surgical team and is preferred to a standard time-out process.
AB - Background The purpose of this study was to examine whether incorporating digital and video multimedia components improved surgical time-out performance of a surgical safety checklist. Methods A prospective pilot study was designed for implementation of a multimedia time-out, including a patient video. Perceptions of the staff participants were surveyed before and after intervention (Likert scale: 1, strongly disagree to 5, strongly agree). Results Employee satisfaction was high for both time-out procedures. However, employees appreciated improved clarity of patient identification (P <.05) and operative laterality (P <.05) with the digital method. About 87% of the respondents preferred the digital version to the standard time-out (75% anesthesia, 89% surgeons, 93% nursing). Although the duration of time-outs increased (49 and 79 seconds for standard and digital time-outs, respectively, P >.001), there was significant improvement in performance of key safety elements. Conclusion The multimedia time-out allows improved participation by the surgical team and is preferred to a standard time-out process.
KW - Multimedia
KW - Patient safety
KW - Surgical safety
KW - Technology
KW - Time-out
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U2 - 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2015.08.023
DO - 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2015.08.023
M3 - Article
C2 - 26547406
AN - SCOPUS:84948844800
VL - 211
SP - 1095
EP - 1098
JO - American Journal of Surgery
JF - American Journal of Surgery
SN - 0002-9610
IS - 6
ER -