Healthcare Utilizing Deliberate Discussion Linking Events (HUDDLE): A Systematic Review. uri icon

abstract

  • The phenomenon, "huddle moments," can be described as a preparatory briefing among healthcare providers for the purpose of collaborating, exchanging information, and bringing awareness to patient safety concerns. A historical background of huddle communication is described and a systematic literature review was conducted on preoperative briefing and huddle communication. The article also describes a need for increased interprofessional collaboration education in anesthesia and a need for leadership to support initiatives that improve patient safety. The purpose of this article is to provide a systematic review of huddle communication and give future evidence-based recommendations on how the huddle can be used in healthcare as well as how to roll out use of the HUDDLE acronym: Healthcare, Utilizing, Deliberate, Discussion, Linking, Events.

published proceedings

  • AANA J

author list (cited authors)

  • Glymph, D. C., Olenick, M., Barbera, S., Brown, E. L., Prestianni, L., & Miller, C.

complete list of authors

  • Glymph, Derrick C||Olenick, Maria||Barbera, Salvatore||Brown, Ellen Leslie||Prestianni, Lauren||Miller, Crystal