Assessment and Improvement of Data Collection Errors Through Inter-departmental Collaboration

Authors

Charlott Williams, Children's Mercy HospitalFollow
Kelli L. Behr, Children's Mercy HospitalFollow
Mary Moffatt, Children's Mercy HospitalFollow
Rangaraj Selvarangan, Children's Mercy HospitalFollow

Publication Date

10-2019

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Abstract

Specific Aims:

1. To maintain the ED team's high rate of accuracy in data collection
2. To begin team participation in corrective action planning
3. To improve interdepartmental problem solving

Conclusion

Open communication about errors among all collaborating departments, combing with a shared approach to solving them:

• improved morale and perception of error tracking by the team
• led to a decrease in errors overall, and
• increased interdepartmental collaboration

When all members of the interdepartmental team work together with a positive approach to corrective action, improvement in error rates is a natural outcome of the solutions derived.

MeSH Keywords

Interdepartmental Relations; Data Collection; Emergency Service, Hospital; Quality Improvement

Disciplines

Clinical Epidemiology | Emergency Medicine | Infectious Disease | Pathology | Pediatrics

Recommended Citation

Williams, Charlott; Behr, Kelli L.; Moffatt, Mary; and Selvarangan, Rangaraj, "Assessment and Improvement of Data Collection Errors Through Inter-departmental Collaboration" (2019). Posters. 143.
https://scholarlyexchange.childrensmercy.org/posters/143