Participation in the Veterans Affairs medical team training program was associated with a significant 17% decrease in annual surgical morbidity, while non-participating facilities showed a non-significant 6% decrease¶

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q2 i1 Facilities participating in MTT had a significant decrease in observed annual morbidity rate (rate ratio 0.83; 95% CI, 0.79–0.88; P = 0.01); non-participating facilities' 6% decrease was not statistically significant. → Costar 2020

Evidence¶

Costar 2020¶

Costar, D. M., & Hall, K. K. (2020). Improving Team Performance and Patient Safety on the Job Through Team Training and Performance Support Tools: A Systematic Review. Journal of Patient Safety. https://doi.org/10.1097/PTS.0000000000000746

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The review reports an observational comparison of VA facilities participating versus not participating in MTT: participating facilities showed "a significant decrease (17%) in the observed annual morbidity rate" (rate ratio 0.83), while the non-participating facilities' decrease was not statistically significant. The rate ratio is a ratio, not a standardized effect size.

"a study of the Veterans Affairs’ MTT program reported a significant decrease (17%) in the observed annual morbidity rate for the facilities that had participated in MTT (rate ratio, 0.83; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.79–0.88; P = 0.01), whereas the facilities that had not participated in MTT observed a decrease of 6%, which was not statistically significant (rate ratio, 0.94; 95% CI, 0.86–1.05; P = 0.11)."

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