title: SBAR initiative to improve staff communication.
abstract: Poor communication seen as a root cause of many adverse events. A pilot program will be conducted in the critical care unit as part of a totally new overall approach to quality. Tool ultimately will become part of permanent patient records.
mesh_terms: D003142:Communication; D006764:Hospitals, Community / Q000458:organization & administration*; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D008404:Massachusetts; D010564:Personnel, Hospital; D010865:Pilot Projects; D011787:Quality of Health Care