The Development of a Daily Comprehensive and Multidisciplinary Health Care Leadership Huddle.

Introduction: Consistent and concise communication in a large health care organization that is geographically dispersed is a challenge. Issues often are not addressed with the appropriate individuals in the most timely and effective manner, which results in patient flow disruptions, service gaps, and provider and administrator frustration.

Case Presentation: This report describes the development of a daily leadership huddle with regional leadership and middle management to inform of daily operations, safety, quality, and service concerns, in order to allow for quicker action and issue resolution.

Injuries in youth football: a prospective observational cohort analysis among players aged 9 to 13 years.

Objective: To determine the risk of injury in youth football games.

Subjects And Methods: Nine hundred fifteen players aged 9 to 13 years on 42 teams participated, including 10 teams in each grade from grades 4 through 6 and 6 teams each in grades 7 and 8. The study was conducted in the fall of 1997.

Screening, staffing, and emergency preparedness at worksite wellness facilities.

Purpose: The purpose of this survey was to examine compliance of worksite health and fitness facilities with the American Heart Association/American College of Sports Medicine (AHA/ACSM) recommendations for cardiovascular screening, staffing, and emergency policies for health and fitness facilities.

Methods: A survey was developed and sent to 529 worksite health and fitness facilities.

Results: A total of 221 surveys were returned (42% response rate).