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Content ArticleKirkland Medical Center is an outpatient clinic in the Virginia Mason Health System in the USA. Kirkland uses an innovative, system-wide management method to improve patient care and safety by eliminating waste and inefficiencies. This management method is used to streamline repetitive aspects of care delivery, standardise clinical roles and engage in continuous learning activities. This case study highlights key features of Kirkland Medical Center’s management approach that have led to improved rates of employee satisfaction, engagement, and overall well-being. Two pillars play a central role in improving well-being: (1) workflow optimisation and (2) a culture of collegiality, respect, and innovation.
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Content ArticleThis article from Kemper et al., published in Pediatrics, looks at the national epidemiology of burnout in pediatric residents in the USA. The authors found that the majority of the residents surveyed met burnout criteria. Several identified factors (e.g., stress, sleepiness, medical errors, empathy, CCC, and self-compassion) suggest targets for interventions to reduce burnout in future studies.
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Association for Anaesthetists: Tips for night shifts
Claire Cox posted an article in Motivating staff
The Association for Anaesthetists have produced some 'top tips' for night shift workers. What tips do you have to keep you feeling well overnight? -
Content ArticleThis month’s Letter from America highlights approaches to addressing persistent patient safety challenges, such as overprescribing of opioids and staff burnout, through working with clinicians, staff and patients to enhance service delivery and care and opportunities to effectively engage communities. Letter from America is the latest in a Patient Safety Learning blog series highlighting fresh accomplishments in patient safety from the United States.
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Content ArticleFollowing the traumatic death of an anaesthetic trainee who was returning home after a night shift, the Fatigue Group supported by the Association of Anaesthetists and RCoA have surveyed UK trainees about shift working and fatigue. With a 60% response rate, the survey highlights a wide variation in access to rest facilities, commuting distances and concerning effects of fatigue on trainees.
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Content ArticleFatigue is a complex phenomenon that has effects on physical characteristics, cognition, behaviours, and physical and mental health. Paramedicine crosses the boundaries of many high-risk industries, namely medicine, transport and aviation. The effects of fatigue on paramedics need to be explored and considered in order to begin to identify appropriate interventions and management strategies. This article, published in the Irish Journal of Paramedicine, demonstrates that fatigue is associated with increased errors and adverse events, increased chronic disease and injury rates, depression and anxiety, and impaired driving ability. It has suggested that paramedic services and paramedics need to work collaboratively to identify and action appropriate measures to reduce the effects of fatigue on the wellbeing of the workforce and mitigate its effects on clinical performance and safety.
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Intensive Care Society: Wellbeing resource library
Claire Cox posted an article in Mental health
The Intensive Care Society is delighted to share their wellbeing resource pack developed with Dr Julie Highfield, Clinical Psychologist. The poster series aims to improve our understanding of psychological wellbeing at work, the impact reduced wellbeing can have and what we can do in response, and includes tips for dealing with extraordinary situations such as COVID-19 and everyday working in critical care. -
Content Article'Hospitals should remove any barriers to doctors eating and drinking during the working day'. As healthcare providers, it’s easy to forget to look after ourselves at work. We know that taking breaks and eating and drinking regularly is a critical component of being “optimised,” helping to sustain our energy, concentration and performance, and reduce the risk of human error. Yet, for many, the realities of working in busy, modern hospitals get in the way. Medicine is a demanding profession, with days often starting early and finishing late and many fall into the habit of forgetting to take regular breaks, not drinking enough fluids, or missing meals. If we want to improve staff wellbeing and reduce the risk of errors, we need to change this.
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Content ArticleMore than six weeks into the lockdown and if you were to gauge the mood of the nation, it would be one of fatigue. It started as an all-hands-on-deck emergency situation, but it now transpires that the current work situation for healthcare professionals is not going to change any time soon. This is a marathon rather than a sprint. So how can we better look after ourselves to cope with this new realisation? This BMJ podcast features Dr Caroline Walker, an NHS-based psychiatrist and therapist. Wait until the end for Caroline's simple technique she uses to help when feeling overwhelmed.
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Content ArticleSome degree of post-viral fatigue (PVF) or debility is a fairly common occurrence after any type of viral infection.Fortunately, in most cases, this is short lived and there is a steady return to normal health over a period of a few weeks.However, in some cases, a full return to normal health takes months rather than weeks.Additional symptoms may also develop, where the term post-viral fatigue syndrome (PVFS) may be a more appropriate diagnosis. The situation with persisting fatigue following COVID-19 infection appears to be rather more complicated than what happens with other viral illnesses.
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Swimming with the tide, a blog by Sally Howard
Sally Howard posted an article in Leadership for patient safety
We have an overwhelming demand for our healthcare services. This blog from Sally Howard suggests some things we can do to keep afloat. -
Content ArticleThe Patient Safety Database (PSD), previously called Anesthesia Safety Network, is committed in the delivery of better perioperative care. Its primary goal is to make visible the lack of reliability of healthcare and the absolute necessity to build a new system for improving patient safety. They have begun by developing an open and anonymous incident reporting system focused on non-technical skills. Each quarter they summarise in their newsletter cases reported on the platform. Read the latest newsletter.
