Checklists, Huddles, and Debriefs: Critical Tools to Improve Team Performance in Obstetrics

Fatima Estrada Trejo; Catherine M Igel; Meleen Chuang; Komal Bajaj; Peter S Bernstein

doi:10.1097/GRF.0000000000000464

Checklists, Huddles, and Debriefs: Critical Tools to Improve Team Performance in Obstetrics

Clin Obstet Gynecol. 2019 Sep;62(3):518-527. doi: 10.1097/GRF.0000000000000464.

Authors

Fatima Estrada Trejo¹, Catherine M Igel¹, Meleen Chuang¹, Komal Bajaj^{1

2}, Peter S Bernstein¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Women's Health, Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine.
² New York City Health+Hospitals/Jacobi, Bronx, New York.

PMID: 31145113
DOI: 10.1097/GRF.0000000000000464

Abstract

Checklists, huddles, and debriefs are tools being more commonly adopted in health care with the goal to achieve a safer health system. Details regarding what, how and when to implement these tools in different circumstances related to women's health are described in this review.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Checklist / standards*
Female
Humans
Obstetrics / methods*
Obstetrics / organization & administration
Obstetrics / standards
Patient Care Team / organization & administration*
Patient Care Team / standards
Pregnancy
Safety Management / methods*
Safety Management / organization & administration
Safety Management / standards