Implementing an interprofessional patient safety learning initiative: insights from participants, project leads and steering committee members.

Introduction: Effective teamwork and interprofessional collaboration are vital for healthcare quality and safety; however, challenges persist in creating interprofessional teamwork and resilient professional teams. A study was undertaken to delineate perceptions of individuals involved with the implementation of an interprofessional patient safety competency-based intervention and intervention participants.

Methods: The study employed a qualitative study design that triangulated data from interviews with six steering committee members and five members of the project team who developed and monitored the intervention and six focus groups with clinical team members who participated in the intervention and implemented local patient safety projects within a large teaching hospital in Canada.

The development and implementation of an electronic departmental note in a colposcopy clinic.

Hospital-wide electronic medical records can be limited in addressing clinical department needs. A study was undertaken to examine the development and implementation of an electronic informaton system in a colposcopy unit in a large teaching hospital in Canada. A case study design was used, and 24 semistructured interviews were conducted with nurses and physicians working in the colposcopy clinic and individuals from the information technology team.