Enhancing Surgical Team Communication: SOPS® and TeamSTEPPS® in Action (Webcast)

Enhancing Surgical Team Communication: SOPS® and TeamSTEPPS® in Action (Webcast): This webcast will provide background on AHRQ’s Surveys on Patient Safety Culture® (SOPS®) program, the TeamSTEPPS 3.0 team training curriculum, and how the use of TeamSTEPPS improves SOPS scores. Registration is open for a webinar on July 25 at 1 p.m. ET on using the AHRQ Surveys on Patient Safety Culture® (SOPS®) Hospital Survey and TeamSTEPPS® resources to improve patient safety culture and surgical team communication. The SOPS Program helps healthcare organizations understand, measure and improve patient safety culture in healthcare settings. TeamSTEPPS provides evidence-based tools to optimize patient outcomes by improving communication and teamwork skills among healthcare teams, patients and family caregivers. The webinar will highlight how the University of North Carolina Department of Surgery used the AHRQ resources to improve patient safety culture and team communication.