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What is a High Reliability Organization (HRO)?
An organization that achieves nearly failure free results despite the presence of serious hazards arising from the basic nature of its work
What is the Objective of the APSF HRO project?
To learn how to apply HRO concepts to peri-operative care as one approach to reducing adverse events.
To use HRO concepts to move toward the goal of zero defects, meaning that no patient is injured during the peri-operative experience
What are the current HRO Project activities?
The HRO Project was initiated at the APSF Annual Workshop in October 2003. The first objective is to organize one or more demonstration sites, hospitals or organizations that will be a learning team to identify core principles and methods to move organizations toward safer models of patient care guided by HRO concepts.
To date, a team of organizations has been organized and is working toward establishing the core principles, using as a starting point several different formulation of HRO theory.
Where can you find more information about HRO theory and applications?
APSF Newsletter articles on HROs
http://www.apsf.org/resource_center/newsletter/2004/summer/11hro.htm
http://www.apsf.org/resource_center/newsletter/2003/spring/
http://apsf.org/resource_center/newsletter/2003/spring/hrohistory.htm
Slides from the APSF HRO workshop
Report of the APSF HRO workshop
http://apsf.org/resource_center/newsletter/2003/winter/13HRO.htm
References about non-healthcare HROs
See lists in APSF Newsletter articles in links above.
APSF Project leaders
David M. Gaba, MD, Secretary APSF
Jeffrey B. Cooper, PhD, Executive Vice President, APSF
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