Huddles and Enhanced Care Team Communication Sharad Kohli, MD Director of Clinical Affairs Texas Association of Community Health Centers
Objectives To describe the difference between clinic-wide and care team huddles. To explain how huddles can be effective tools to promote office efficiency, to enhance communication, to facilitate care coordination, and to improve overall patient care. To demonstrate how having a wide array of staff participating in huddles can lead to more comprehensive, holistic care.
Clinic-wide vs. Care Team Huddles
Why Huddle? To improve communication To anticipate the needs of the patient To coordinate care better To improve office efficiency To have more fun at work!
Sample Huddle https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wttxm7jAnb4
Expand Your Huddles! MA Provider Health Ed/Health Coach Behavioral Health Care manager/Care Coordinator Front Desk Referrals Others
Time 8:00 8:15 8:30 8:45 9:00 9:15 9:30 9:45 10:00 10:15 10:30 10:45 11:00 11:15 11:30 11:45 Patel Martinez Omotoso Huddle
Resources UCSF Center for Excellence in Primary Care: http://cepc.ucsf.edu/healthy-huddles AAFP: http://www.aafp.org/fpm/2007/0600/p27.html
Questions? Email me at sharadkohli@im4us.org