Turning Safety-II thinking into action (17 January 2022)

Summary

Safety-II is moving beyond the conceptual, with practical applications emerging from the fog of models and theory. But critics still point to a lack of evidence and limited real-world proof that the promise is justified. This blog reports on a webinar by Mark Sujan and Simon Gill that looked at how to implement Safety-II thinking in real world settings.

The blog outlines different elements of the webinar including:

• a case study of anticipatory practice being used to reduce serious harm from falls in an emergency department
• a discussion on how to move towards a non-hierarchical clinical leadership
• challenges to adopting Safety-II principles
• evaluation of Safety-II: how do you measure a non-event?