Medical Safety Huddles - a Multi-site QI Project
1 other identifier
interventional
4
1 country
4
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.
Trial Health
Trial Health Score
Automated assessment based on enrollment pace, timeline, and geographic reach
participants targeted
Target at below P25 for not_applicable
Started Jun 2020
Typical duration for not_applicable
4 active sites
Health score is calculated from publicly available data and should be used for screening purposes only.
Trial Relationships
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Study Timeline
Key milestones and dates
Study Start
First participant enrolled
June 1, 2020
CompletedFirst Submitted
Initial submission to the registry
April 20, 2022
CompletedFirst Posted
Study publicly available on registry
May 9, 2022
CompletedPrimary Completion
Last participant's last visit for primary outcome
October 31, 2022
CompletedStudy Completion
Last participant's last visit for all outcomes
January 30, 2023
CompletedMay 25, 2023
May 1, 2023
2.4 years
April 20, 2022
May 24, 2023
Conditions
Keywords
Outcome Measures
Primary Outcomes (1)
Adverse events
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.
19 months
Secondary Outcomes (3)
Process measure - Attendance rate
15 months
Process measure - Safety issues
15 months
Process measure - Actions taken to address safety issues
15 months
Study Arms (2)
Medical Safety Huddles - Pre-implementation
NO INTERVENTIONMedical Safety Huddles - Post-implementation
EXPERIMENTALInterventions
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.
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if:
- \- Any staff physicians, residents or medical students working at the four programs/sites
You may not qualify if:
- None
Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.
Sponsors & Collaborators
- University Health Network, Torontolead
- Sinai Health Systemcollaborator
- Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centrecollaborator
Study Sites (4)
St John's Rehab
Toronto, Ontario, M2M 2G1, Canada
Bridgepoint Active Health
Toronto, Ontario, M4M 2B5, Canada
Mount Sinai Hospital
Toronto, Ontario, M5G 1X5, Canada
Princess Margaret Hospital - UHN
Toronto, Ontario1, M5G2A2, Canada
Related Publications (1)
Guo M, Bayley M, Ye XY, Dunbar-Yaffe R, Fortin C, Go K, Macedo A, Matelski J, Mayo A, Pelc J, Robinson LR, Rotteau L, Wolfstadt J, Cram P, Linett L, Soong C. Impact of medical safety huddles on patient safety: a stepped-wedge cluster randomised study. BMJ Qual Saf. 2025 Sep 30:bmjqs-2025-019170. doi: 10.1136/bmjqs-2025-019170. Online ahead of print.
PMID: 41027730DERIVED
Study Officials
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Meiqi Guo, MD
University Health Network, Toronto
Study Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Phase
- not applicable
- Allocation
- RANDOMIZED
- Masking
- SINGLE
- Who Masked
- OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
- Purpose
- OTHER
- Intervention Model
- SEQUENTIAL
- Sponsor Type
- OTHER
- Responsible Party
- SPONSOR
Study Record Dates
First Submitted
April 20, 2022
First Posted
May 9, 2022
Study Start
June 1, 2020
Primary Completion
October 31, 2022
Study Completion
January 30, 2023
Last Updated
May 25, 2023
Record last verified: 2023-05
Data Sharing
- IPD Sharing
- Will not share