title: To be effective, balance leadership and team focus.
abstract: It's important to develop a team approach to sentinel event response, including the active involvement of hospital leadership. Sometimes, obvious solutions can be implemented immediately. In other cases, when solutions require revision of policies and procedures, it's essential to obtain the support of leadership.
mesh_terms: D006739:Hospital Administration; D006801:Humans; D007318:Inservice Training; D007324:Institutional Management Teams; D019300:Medical Errors / Q000517:prevention & control*; D016134:Organizational Policy; D012308:Risk Management; D018571:Sentinel Surveillance; D014481:United States