Bring strength and vitality to your patient safety culture with a new approach to error prevention — TeamSTEPPS.

More than a single training session or package, TeamSTEPPS (Team Strategies and Tools to Enhance Performance and Patient Safety) was designed by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality and the Department of Defense to teach health care professionals how to integrate teamwork principles into daily practice. Shift your organization to a culture known for high reliability in quality and patient safety with expert training in four core competency areas:

• Team leadership
• Situation monitoring (or mutual performance monitoring)
• Mutual support (or back-up behavior)
• Communication

TeamSTEPPS is your roadmap to superior quality and patient safety with proven tools that can help your hospital:

• Prevent medical errors
• Improve perinatal safety
• Avoid surgical mishaps
• Optimize communication
• Build physician/staff relations
• Enhance employee satisfaction

HASC’s consultative assistance helps teams get started with a one-day Essentials Course for key team members to learn which TeamSTEPPS modules will best meet your facility’s needs. Also available is a full three-day engagement involving more members of the core team that will take you beyond the initial review of program tools to the design and implementation of your TeamSTEPPS intervention.

For more information about TeamSTEPPS, please visit www.hasc.org/teamstepps.