TeamSTEPPS Readiness Assessment in Patient Safety Culture

LifeWings conducts focused conversations with institutional leadership and key leaders in selected units of your hospital to evaluate readiness for a TeamSTEPPS implementation to improve patient safety culture.

 

We assess eight readiness factors during our two-day visit to your organization:

• Mission statements and values

• P&P Manual verbiage

• Med-Exec By Laws

• Physician champions

• Leadership support

• “Change fatigue” due to other on-going initiatives

• Recruiting and hiring practices

• Employee evaluations

• Leadership assessment systems

• Data collection, analysis, and feedback systems

 

After analysis of the results the Readiness Assessment, LifeWings prepares and delivers a written report and briefing to the senior leadership team of your organization. The report will detail the level of management support, ability, and motivation for leading a comprehensive change initiative, as well as the evidence of the needed structure to support the TeamSTEPPS® project.

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You get a critical assessment of the organization’s climate and patient safety culture that provides valuable diagnostic information on readiness, and on any needed structural changes to ensure implementation success; You also receive a customized plan for success with a realistic expectation of the time, effort and investment needed for success.