Citation

Adkins-Bley K, Shaw BK, Smith J, McMyler E. J. Healthc. Risk Manag. 2012; 32(1): 30-33.

Affiliation

University of Michigan Health System located in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2012, American Society for Healthcare Risk Management - American Hospital Association)

DOI

10.1002/jhrm.21082

PMID

22833328

Abstract

In today's world, clinicians need to be prepared to care for challenging patients and families that are struggling with the stress of illness and hospitalization and have inadequate coping skills. The University of Michigan Health System (UMHS) has developed a protocol identifying a team with representatives from psychiatry, security, and risk management to provide a rapid response in situations that historically have resulted in, at worst, sentinel/adverse events and at best, service disasters. The pediatric BRT protocol formalizes the purpose of the team, how staff should access them, and the expectation for involved staff to debrief about the interventions at identified times. It has proven to be an effective intervention and allows clinicians to provide needed care to the patients.

Language: en