Improving the pre-medical emergency team: the case for a behavioural theoretical lens.

There is mounting evidence that the pre-medical emergency team (pre-MET) of rapid response systems is underutilised in clinical practice due to suboptimal structures and processes and resource constraints. In this perspective article, we argue for examining the pre-MET through a 'Behaviour Change Wh...

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Publicado en:Australian Health Review Vol. 48; no. 4; pp. 371 - 374
Autores principales: Currey, Judy, Sprogis, Stephanie K., Jones, Daryl, Considine AO, Julie
Formato: Journal Article
Publicado: CSIRO Publishing 2024
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          Currey, Judy
          Sprogis, Stephanie K.
          Jones, Daryl
          Considine AO, Julie
        affil: School of Nursing and Midwifery & Centre for Quality and Patient Safety Research in the Institute for Health Transformation, Deakin University, 1 Gheringhap Street, Geelong, Vic. 3220, Australia.
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          Emergency Medical Services
          Rapid Response Team Utilization
          Behavioral Changes
          Patient Safety
          Clinical Deterioration
          Implementation Science
          Multidisciplinary Care Team
          Communication
          Quality Improvement
          Organizational Culture
          Medical Practice
          Health Services Research
      ab: There is mounting evidence that the pre-medical emergency team (pre-MET) of rapid response systems is underutilised in clinical practice due to suboptimal structures and processes and resource constraints. In this perspective article, we argue for examining the pre-MET through a 'Behaviour Change Wheel' lens to improve the pre-MET and maximise the associated patient safety benefits. Using pre-MET communication practices as an example, we illustrate the value of the COM-B model, where clinicians' 'capability', 'opportunity', and 'motivation' drive 'behaviour'. Optimising clinicians' behaviours and establishing failsafe rapid response systems is a complex undertaking; however, examining clinicians' behaviours through the COM-B model enables reframing barriers and facilitators to develop multifaceted and coordinated solutions that are behaviourally and theoretically based. The COM-B model is recommended to clinical governance leaders and health services researchers to explore the underlying causes of behaviour and successfully enact change in the design, implementation, and use of the pre-MET to improve patient safety. What is known about the topic? The pre-medical emergency team (pre-MET) was implemented to enhance hospital patient safety; however, there is evidence that it is underused by health professionals. What does this paper add? We argue that health professionals' behaviours within the pre-MET be understood differently by using the 'Behaviour Change Wheel', where behaviour is driven by capability, opportunity, and motivation. What are the implications for practitioners? To improve patient safety and assist in formulating theory-based solutions, hospital leaders and health services researchers are called upon to examine the pre-MET using behaviour change theory.
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