Citation

Little CM, McStay C, Oeth J, Koehler A, Bookman KJ. Prehosp. Disaster Med. 2018; 33(1): 98-100.

Affiliation

2Department of Emergency Medicine,University of Colorado,Aurora,ColoradoUSA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2018, Cambridge University Press)

DOI

10.1017/S1049023X17007191

PMID

29316999

Abstract

The use of after-action reviews (AARs) following major emergency events, such as a disaster, is common and mandated for hospitals and similar organizations. There is a recurrent challenge of identified problems not being resolved and repeated in subsequent events. A process improvement technique called a rapid improvement event (RIE) was used to conduct an AAR following a complete information technology (IT) outage at a large urban hospital. Using RIE methodology to conduct the AAR allowed for the rapid development and implementation of major process improvements to prepare for future IT downtime events. Thus, process improvement methodology, particularly the RIE, is suited for conducting AARs following disasters and holds promise for improving outcomes in emergency management. Little CM , McStay C , Oeth J , Koehler A , Bookman K. Using rapid improvement events for disaster after-action reviews: experience in a hospital information technology outage and response.

Language: en

Keywords

AAR after-action review; ED emergency department; HSEEP Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation Program; IT information technology; PI process improvement; RIE rapid improvement event; disaster; health care; information technology; quality improvement