SafetyQuest: Level One - QI Basics

Internet Enduring Material Sponsored by the Stanford University School of Medicine. Presented by the Department of Graduate Medical Education at Stanford University School of Medicine

Modern healthcare is complex and has many opportunities for error. To ensure patient safety, hospitals and healthcare systems must continually strive to work together as a team, create a culture of patient safety, and identify and mitigate risks. SafetyQuest is a sequential series of online CME gaming modules (levels 1 - 4) that provide an innovative and immersive experience to understanding the underlying causes of patient safety issues.

This unique educational program emphasizes a problem-solving approach to preventing errors in all healthcare settings and seeks to ensure that patients are provided with care that supports the key quality aims of the Institute of Medicine. Throughout the series, learners will work to save patients from preventable harm and will errors and will gain problem solving quality improvement and safety tools to approach these issues. Case-based scenarios using multiple game modalities will be used to put these principles into practice and save future lives.

Intended Audience
This course is designed for physicians across all specialty areas.

  Original Release Date: November 16, 2018
  Review Date:  December 14, 2023
  Expiration Date: January 7, 2027
  Estimated Time to Complete: 2 Hours
  Registration Fee: FREE

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1. Integrate best practice patient safety and goals of care (GOC) communication techniques (e.g. IPASS handoffs, SBAR communication, stop the line/CUS words/call for help early, debriefing, GOC documentation) into practice with teams to reduce the risk of adverse events and increase patient safety.
2. Utilize principles from the Joint Commission’s National Patient Safety Goals to reduce the risk of adverse events and increase patient safety.
3. Apply QI tools and concepts such as PDCA, A3, high reliability, and the swiss cheese model to improve the quality of care for your patients.

Accessibility Statement
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Cultural and Linguistic Competency
The planners and speakers of this CME activity have been encouraged to address cultural issues relevant to their topic area for the purpose of complying with California Assembly Bill 1195. Moreover, the Stanford University School of Medicine Multicultural Health Portal contains many useful cultural and linguistic competency tools including culture guides, language access information and pertinent state and federal laws.  You are encouraged to visit the Multicultural Health Portal: http://lane.stanford.edu/portals/cultural.html

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Kwaan MR, Studdert DM, Zinner MJ, Gawande AA. Incidence, patterns, and prevention of wrong-site surgery. Arch Surg. 2006;141:353-358. 

Seiden SC, Barach P. Wrong-side/wrong-site, wrong-procedure, and wrong-patient adverse events: are they preventable? Arch Surg. 2006;141:931-939.

For a complete list, please view the References/Bibliography page in the Course.

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Mitigation of Relevant Financial Relationships

Stanford Medicine adheres to the Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education.

There are no relevant financial relationships with ACCME-defined ineligible companies for anyone who was in control of the content of this activity.

Laurence Katznelson, MD
Associate Dean of GME
Stanford University School of Medicine
Course Director, Author

Lisa Shieh, MD
Clinical Professor of Medicine
Medical Director for Quality, Department of Medicine
Stanford University School of Medicine
Course Director,  Author

Anuradha Phadke, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor, Medicine, Primary Care and Population Health
Medical Director Population Health, Division of Primary Care and Population Health
Director of Quality, Division of Primary Care and Population Health
Stanford University School of Medicine
Author

Kambria H. Evans, MEd, MA, LMFT
EMDR Clinician and Psychotherapist
Affiliate, Stanford Medicine
Author

Nivedita Srinivas, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor, Pediatrics, Infectious Diseases
Stanford University School of Medicine
Author

Stanford University School of Medicine has received and has used undesignated program funding from Pfizer, Inc. to facilitate the development of innovative CME activities designed to enhance physician competence and performance and to implement advanced technology. A portion of this funding supports this activity.