News & Knowledge HEAL Early Intervention Toolkit: Leadership Safety Rounds Tool STEP 1: COMMIT Make a top-level leadership commitment to frequent and regular walking rounds in patient/resident care areas with no cancellations. At least one leader with one staff walks areas daily. Prioritize those commitments and hold each other accountable for them. Reserve agenda time in leadership meetings to share learnings from walking rounds. STEP 2: FOCUS FOR IMPACT Determine your purpose and focus. Walking rounds are a tool to gather information from all care areas, learn insights from your front-line care teams, and support your organization’s culture and safety goals. Share with front-line care teams that your focus is to hear their perspectives on operational processes. It can be helpful to have a standard set of open-ended… Are you a Curi member? The full content of this resource is available only to Curi members. Contact us if you are a member but do not have an account yet, or to learn more about becoming a Curi member. Sign in with Curi - or - Sign in with Constellation Curi’s risk mitigation resources and guidance are offered for educational and informational purposes only. This information is not medical or legal advice, does not replace independent professional judgment, does not constitute an endorsement of any kind, should not be deemed authoritative, and does not establish a standard of care in clinical settings or in courts of law. If you need legal advice, you should consult your independent/corporate counsel. We have found that using risk mitigation efforts can reduce malpractice risk; however, we do not make any guarantees that following these risk recommendations will prevent a complaint, claim, or suit from occurring, or mitigate the outcome(s) associated with any of them.