Background: There is often little communication across inpatient medicine teams at a busy academic medical center. Although teams comprise trainees across many levels, individual teams often work in parallel without relating shared challenges and experiences. This can be isolating, and practicing in such silos can propagate systems issues and contribute to burn out. Purpose: Create […]

Background: In March 2019, the CEO of our public teaching hospital set a goal for the institution to become a high reliability organization. At that time, the hospital’s rates of catheter associated urinary tract infections (CAUTIs), central line associated blood stream infections (CLABSIs), and hospital acquired pressure injuries (HAPIs) were above the national average. Evaluation […]