Abstract
This article details the effectiveness of utilizing smart board technology and multidisciplinary
collaboration to ensure huddle presentation is visually appealing, consistent, timely,
and relevant, and encourages staff engagement. To improve huddles in the emergency
department of a busy level 1 trauma center, the leadership team implemented smart
board technology and multidisciplinary participation to promote effective formal transmission
of information. Staff surveys showed significant improvement in the areas of satisfaction,
timeliness, and feeling that they received a formal huddle report. Implications for
health care organizations include leveraging technology and standardized processes
to improve communication, staff satisfaction, patient safety, and operational efficiency.
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Biography
Christine Wendt, MSN, RN, CEN, TCRN, is the Emergency Department Clinical Specialist at Morristown Medical Center in Morristown, New Jersey. She can be reached at [email protected] Kristi Mobus, BSPH, NREMT, is Emergency Department Data Coordinator, and Patricia Primmer, BSN, RN, MAS, is Emergency Department Director at Morristown Medical Center.
Article info
Publication history
Published online: February 22, 2023
Accepted:
January 25,
2023
Received:
November 15,
2022
Publication stage
In Press Journal Pre-ProofIdentification
Copyright
2023 by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
