Using co-design to develop a collective leadership intervention for healthcare teams to improve safety culture. | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

Using co-design to develop a collective leadership intervention for healthcare teams to improve safety culture. | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

• Commentary
 
• Published June 2018

Using co-design to develop a collective leadership intervention for healthcare teams to improve safety culture.

Ward ME, De Brún A, Beirne D, et al. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2018;15:E1182.

Change initiatives require broad-based collective design strategies to ensure the range of needs are addressed. This commentary explains how one hospital group used codesign methods to engage leadership in a teamwork and culture improvement project. The authors describe specific tools and tactics used to implement the work and summarize the value of the approach for other health care organizations.

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