Interdisciplinary care on general medical wards (the HEADS-UP study)
Start and end dates
September 2013 - September 2016
Team
- Dr Sam Pannick (key contact)
- Dr Susannah Long
- Professor Thanos Athansiou
- Iain Beveridge
- Professor Nick Sevdalis
Project summary
Background
Improving the quality of care for patients on general medical wards is an international priority. Relatively little is known about these areas, which are hard to study because of their diverse patient populations, frequent transitions of care, and dispersion of the responsible health care team throughout the hospital.
Aims
- Identify the different approaches to improving care in general medical wards
- Evaluate how changes in interdisciplinary care
- Evaluate an interdisciplinary intervention to improve the quality of clinical microsystem learning in medical units (HEADS-UP)
Outputs
- Pannick S, Beveridge I, Ashrafian H, Long SJ, Athanasiou T, Sevdalis N. A stepped wedge, cluster controlled trial of an intervention to improve safety and quality on medical wards: the HEADS-UP study protocol. BMJ Open 2015;5:e007510.
- Pannick S, Davis R, Ashrafian H, Byrne BE, Beveridge I, Athanasiou T, Wachter RM, Sevdalis N. The effects of interdisciplinary team care interventions on medical wards: a systematic review. JAMA Internal Medicine. 2015.
- Pannick S, Beveridge I, Sevdalis N. HEADS-UP: a novel intervention to improve clinical outcomes with daily, team-based risk recognition. Clinical Medicine. 2015;15 Suppl 3:s2.
- Pannick S, Beveridge I, Wachter RM, Sevdalis N. Improving the quality and safety of care on the medical ward: A review and synthesis of the evidence base. Eur J Intern Med. 2014;25(10):874-87.