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P045: Doing our work better, together: a relationship-based approach to defining the quality improvement agenda in trauma care

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 May 2020

E. Purdy
Affiliation:
Queen's University, Kingston, ON
D. Mclean
Affiliation:
Queen's University, Kingston, ON
C. Alexander
Affiliation:
Queen's University, Kingston, ON
M. Scott
Affiliation:
Queen's University, Kingston, ON
A. Donahue
Affiliation:
Queen's University, Kingston, ON
D. Campbell
Affiliation:
Queen's University, Kingston, ON
M. Wullschleger
Affiliation:
Queen's University, Kingston, ON
G. Berkowitz
Affiliation:
Queen's University, Kingston, ON
D. Henry
Affiliation:
Queen's University, Kingston, ON
V. Brazil
Affiliation:
Queen's University, Kingston, ON

Abstract

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Background: Trauma care represents a complex patient journey, requiring multi-disciplinary coordinated care. Team members are human, and as such, how they feel about their colleagues and their work affects performance. The challenge for health service leaders is enabling culture that supports high levels of collaboration, cooperation and coordination across diverse groups. Aim Statement: We aimed to define and set the agenda for improvement of the relational aspects of trauma care at a large tertiary care hospital. Measures & Design: We conducted a mixed-methods collaborative ethnography using the Relational Coordination survey – an established tool to analyze the relational dimensions of multidisciplinary teamwork – participant observation, interviews, and narrative surveys. Findings were presented to clinicians in working groups for further interpretation and to facilitate co-creation of targeted interventions designed to improve team relationships and performance. Evaluation/Results: We engaged a complex multidisciplinary network of ~500 care providers dispersed across seven core interdependent clinical disciplines. Initial findings highlighted the importance of relationships in trauma care and opportunities to improve. Narrative survey and ethnographic findings further highlighted the centrality of a translational simulation program in contributing positively to team culture and relational ties. A range of 16 interventions – focusing on structural, process and relational dimensions – were co-created with participants and are now being implemented and evaluated by various trauma care providers. Discussion/Impact: Through engagement of clinicians spanning organizational boundaries, relational aspects of care can be measured and directly targeted in a collaborative quality improvement process. We encourage health care leaders to consider relationship-based quality improvement strategies, including translational simulation and relational coordination processes, in their efforts to improve care for patients with complex, interdependent journeys.

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Poster Presentations
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Copyright © Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians 2020