A TeamSTEPPS- based Communication Quality Improvement Project for Effective and Efficient Transfer from Birth Center to Hospital

This session details the work of a quality improvement collaborative to improve communications during transfers from birth centers to hospitals. Specifically, the presenter focuses on the effectiveness of the debriefing tool based on the TeamSTEPPSTM curriculum, a long-standing, evidence-based approach to improving patient safety and quality of care, and its readily usable materials (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality [AHRQ], 2013).