Name
B09 - Advancing Primary Care Integration: A Quality Improvement Approach to Team Huddles
Description

This presentation illustrates the implementation process for pre-clinic huddles across two primary care healthcare systems. The primary aims of these projects were to promote greater behavioral health integration and to improve team communications and quality patient care within their family medicine, pediatric, and ob/gyn primary care clinics. This presentation outlines approach strategies used to address staffing challenges, poorly defined team member roles, and barriers to interprofessional communication.

Date & Time
Thursday, October 24, 2024, 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Speakers
David Curtis, Chief Behavioral Health Officer, Clinical Associate Professor, University of Houston - Tilman J. Fertitta Family College of Medicine
Ashley Smith, Clinical Assistant Professor/Lead Behavioral Health Consultant, University of Houston
Shari Townsend, Clinical Nurse Manager, UH Health Family Care Center
Natalie Fjellanger, Integrated Health Manager Lead, Waco Family Medicine
David Curtis Ashley Smith
Content Level
Intermediate
Tags
Care management, Medical, Quality improvement programs, Team-based care
Session Type
Concurrent
SIG or Committee
Medical
Location Name
Presidio A
Objective 1
Describe at least 3 ways team huddles can improve integration within primary care systems
Objective 2
Identify key elements of effective huddles
Objective 3
Address common barriers to huddle implementation
Content Reference 1

Pimentel, C.B., Snow, A.L., Carnes, S.L., et al. (2021). Huddles and their effectiveness at the frontlines of clinical care: a scoping review. J Gen Intern Med. 36, 2772-2783. doi:10.1007/s11606-021-06632-9

Content Reference 2

Trejo, F.E., Igel, C.M., Chuang, M., Bajaj, K., Bernstein, P.S. (2019). Checklists, huddles, and debriefs: critical tools to improve team performance in obstetrics. Clin Obstet Gynecol, 62, 518-527. doi:10.1097/GRF.0000000000000464

Content Reference 3

Franklin, B. J., Ghandi, T. K., Bates, D. W., Huancahuari, N., Morris, C. A., Pearson, M., Bass, M. B., & Goralnick, E. (2020). Impact of multidisciplinary team huddles on patient safety: a systematic review and proposed taxonomy. BMJ Quality & Safety, 29, 844-853. Doi: 10.1136/bmjqs-2019-009911.

Content Reference 4

Ovsepyan, H., Chuang, E., Brunner, J., Hamilton, A. B., Needleman, J., Heilemann, M, Canelo, I., & Yano, E. M. (2023). Improving primary care team functioning through evidence-based quality improvement: A comparative case study. Healthcare, 11, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hjdsi.2023.100691

Content Reference 5

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (2020). Implementing a Daily Team Huddle – AMA CME Module. AMA | Steps forward. Retrieved 03/04/2024 from https://www.ahrq.gov/evidencenow/tools/team-huddle.html