The Global Trigger Tool in the Military Health System: An Implementation Guide for Inpatient Facilities provides the services and military treatment facilities leaders and staff with a resource for understanding what GTT is and how it will be implemented in the MHS. The Guide explains how MTFs can use GTT data to measure, trend and assess harm; and how to leverage that data to inform patient safety improvements and prevent future patient harm events.

This Implementation Guide includes:

• An overview of GTT.
• A discussion of how GTT will be implemented in the MHS, along with roles and responsibilities for MTF staff.
• A description of the GTT methodology.
• An introduction to the monthly data reports/tools that will be provided to the MTF.
• Step-by-step guidance for how to interpret GTT data.
• Examples for how to present GTT data to MTF stakeholders.
• Recommendations for leveraging GTT and other patient safety data sources to identify opportunities to drive improvements in patient safety.

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