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  • Healthcare Communication
  • Quality Improvement Science
  • Patient Safety

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  • Hospital paging systems are crucial but suffer from variable message quality.
  • Ineffective paging impacts end-user satisfaction, patient safety, and operational efficiency.
  • Standardization efforts are needed to optimize this primary communication method.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To standardize hospital paging by increasing the inclusion of critical elements (CEs).
  • To enhance end-user satisfaction with paging communication.
  • To reduce safety events associated with paging.

Main Methods:

  • A multidisciplinary, system-wide quality improvement study at an academic children's hospital.
  • Defined 6 critical elements (CEs) through end-user consensus.
  • Implemented interventions including education, a platform with required fields, and optimization, tracking outcomes with statistical process control charts.

Main Results:

  • Significant improvement in the use of all 6 CEs, from 4.4% to 79.7%.
  • End-user satisfaction improved from 50% to 85% rating communication as good or excellent.
  • Work-around usage decreased by 60%, and safety events remained infrequent.

Conclusions:

  • System-wide implementation of required fields for paging significantly enhanced CE inclusion and end-user satisfaction.
  • Improving the ease of incorporating critical elements effectively reduced work-arounds.
  • Required fields are a valuable strategy for institutions aiming to improve paging communication.